Another reason why I prefer the Air is that the MBP Retina does not have an anti-glare screen option. Personally, I have a really hard time working on those glass covered screens.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Jason King <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the new 13" Air w/ 8GB of RAM. My boss has the new MBP 15" Retina w/ > 16G. So I've used both. > > Definitely the MBP is a lot snappier, and obviously a much higher res > screen. However, the Air is more than capable of everything you could throw > at it, compiling things is fine, I have several apps, nginx, node, couchdb, > mysqld and many other things running without ever having any problems. > Definitely things would happen faster on the MBP, but the convenience of the > light weight Air is so great. > > Caveat: I use a 27" external display, and so I only work with the Air as my > primary screen when I'm out or travelling. If I was going to use the built > in display as my primary workstation display then I would have gone for the > MBP. > > HTH > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Chris McCann <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I know several of you have MacBook Air laptops you use for development and >> seem to universally love them. I recently got a MacBook Pro Retina at work >> and have to say, it's a damn impressive machine. Fast, gorgeous display, >> thinner and lighter than my current 15" MB Pro (that's 3 1/2 years old) but >> still heavier than an Air. >> >> I'm debating getting a new MacBook for Rails/Ruby development and can't >> decide between a 13" Air or a 15" Retina. Anyone care to chime in with >> their own experiences or analyses? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
