The battery life is missing from the table, probably because it contradicts the author's linkbait title.
He also treats weight as a non issue.
A half pound is barely something to care about when you're talking about non-handheld devices.
Apple Just Cannibalized the MacBook Air
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#12The retina display on the 13" MBP actually results in less application real estate at native resolution than the 1440x900 on the MBA. It's also half a pound heavier, more expensive and with significantly poorer battery life. In my opinion, the 13" MBA is the best laptop Apple makes, and is the best computer I've ever owned.
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#13At this point, I wouldn't mind them coming out with a new form factor for the MacBook Air with the same screen from the iPad Air. Lots of pixels and a 3:4 ratio[1].
1) Truthfully, a retina 11 1/4" 3:4 Macbook Air would be a dream
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#14The battery life is missing from the table, probably because it contradicts the author's linkbait title.
At this point in the game, I'm expecting battery life to become the primary point of the Air, rather than weight and size alone.
Many people don't need all the high-end specs of the Pro, but they definitely want battery life.
I'm anticipating that the future of the MBA line either includes a shift to Intel Atom processors or a line of Apple ARM chips.
If they go with ARM, my gut tells me that they will either run iOS on these new MBAs or a version of OS X that only runs apps sold via the App Store. That's why I'm guessing they'll go with Atom (or whatever Intel is offering at the power-sipping end).
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#15The battery life is missing from the table, probably because it contradicts the author's linkbait title.
Because the author is critical of Apple, it's link-bait? The title is hardly sensational.
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#16The battery life is missing from the table, probably because it contradicts the author's linkbait title.
Is the battery life that big of a deal? It's something like 9 hours to 12 hours (or something close) for MBP vs MBA. I just don't see that as a major difference - it's not like a 1.7g vs 2.8g CPU.
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#17The author is a moron. The MBA is a much better machine for the average user and their pricing reflects that. As a developer, I would take the 13" MBA over the MBP. Also the author forgets the 11" Macbook Air.
This is just dumb. I don't think the author understands how business works, or more specifically how Apple works.
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#18Unless they come out with an 11" Macbook Pro, I'm sticking with the Air. If you have a 13" Air then yes, the pros have made more sense for awhile IMO. For me the 11" Air with 8 gigs of ram, i7 processor and a solid state drive plus a Thunderbolt display is the ideal setup. Super portable and powerful enough for anything but the latest 3d gaming plus the display for when I'm in the office.
I'd like to hear more about your experience working on the 11", when you're away from the external display. Are you cramped because of the resolution? Keyboard and trackpad?
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#20"Would you buy a MacBook Air after the latest MacBook Pro update?" I can't see why anyone has bought a 13" MBA since the first retina screen was announced 2+ years ago. I'm still nursing a late 2008 MBA along until there is a retina option. Why bother otherwise ?
Pixel art is a disaster on Retina. It's rare but I could see an indie gamer/game programmer going for the bigger pixels of the Air.
I'm sure there are other applications that also don't translate well.