If you are travelling or commuting I would go for the air, If you are mainly working at a desk with occasional moving from A-B and could use the extra power then the Macbook Pro. The prices are very similar now, and the air isn't a slouch by any means.
On 28 February 2011 09:48, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat Wilson wrote: > >> With the new Macbook Pro out now Which one would people recommend? >> > all of them? > > Depends on your usage needs. MBP has longer battery and will cope with > 'industrial' stuff like coding video, photoshopping large pictures and so on > a lot better. If you're on the move a lot during a day with email to do and > documents to work on in half-hours, ten minute bursts, meetings etc, I'd go > for a MBA. But you'll get around half the battery (one day's worth, max). > > Not sure I would use an 11", after years of using laptops. 13" is the sweet > spot for me. > > I speak as someone who has (through work) a former series 13" MBP with SSD > (lighter, better battery). That's probably the best of all possible worlds > (but would cost about 1500 from scratch). It's about half a kilo more than > an air -- but I don't need the power charger with me! > > If you have a lot of peripherals, then again a Pro has the edge with FW. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
