Hi, It all depends on if you want mobility or not. The Mini is probably a bit more powerful machine but, of course, not as portable or as light as an MBA. The Mini also requires an external keyboard whereas the MBA has it all built-in.
Regarding used or refurbished Macs, go to the Sore from Apple's web-site, then do a Link Chooser or Item Chooser for the word "refurbish" and you'll get a link to Apple refurbished units. These are often mostly new machines but were returned due to warranty issues etc. They have been refurbished with new Apple parts but, since they are considered "Used", cannot be sold as new. You can often get some fairly good deals this way and they are Apple warrantied. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 13, 2015, at 16:42, Jonathan C. Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: I am looking to replace my well loved macbook pro 15 inch from 2009, and am wondering if I should get a high end Macbook Air or a MacMini. Please let me know of any sugestions. Also, how is the market for not quite new systems? My budget is a bit tight these days. Jonathan Cohn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
