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Can't believe nobody mentioned this, but for me the Air is still the winner because it has more usable screen space. The 13" rMBP, while nice, only has an effective resolution of 1280x800, which I find to be unusable. With the Air you get 1440x900 at a DPI that's still pretty nice.
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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.
Battery life is a way bigger deal than a 1.7g versus 2.8g CPU. My 2010 MBA with its circa-2008 CPU (Apple hung on to the Core 2 Duo for a long time) is plenty fast for me, even for development work. At this point, I'd much rather have a machine that I only had to charge once a week.
The 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…
Can't believe nobody mentioned this, but for me the Air is still the winner because it has more usable screen space. The 13" rMBP, while nice, only has an effective resolution of 1280x800, which I find to be unusable. With the Air you get 1440x900 at a DPI that's still pretty nice.
The 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.
Why does criticism of Apple products bring out rage in people as if they're being personally attacked? Why do users need to 'get' or furthermore 'approve' of how Apple works? > As a developer, I would take the 13" MBA over the MBP Weird thing to say considering the decrease in specs with the MBA. Are you the type of developer that compiles code and wants to do so quickly?
"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 ?
I don't think I will ever upgrade to the 13" Retina, unless something happens that I will absolutely need the faster cpu, but right now, I am planning on updating to the 2013 Air model, Retina Pro is not even something I would consider.
As an owner of the Air, I really do not see why would I want to upgrade to the Pro. It is heavier(marginally,but still!), and the Retina screen is something I would really struggle with. I have the 15" Retina as well,and it's only usable in either the native mode,or at half the resolution. Any resolution in between introduces blur which drives me crazy. The problem with the 13" Retina is, that at half the resolution,…
My wife has MBP 15' Retina and I simply don't find its screen better than my MBA.
I only use applications in maximized screen mode (but have 7 desktops that I switch between). So the whole 'Retina is better' mantra is lost on me.
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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?
I think the screen and trackpad are the same size for all MacBooks.