Someone mentioned battery, I forgot that when I was singing the praises of the Air. Maybe the newest Pro is as good, but my 2011 Air gives me a couple hours longer than my 2010 Pro did. Another plus for a student.
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Originally Posted by unboggling
@ David Munch & Latinandgreek. Re superdrive (cd/dvd drive) on a Mac laptop, what about fixing self-inflicted OS problems when necessary from DVD disk? I've had to do that a few times. Is there a way to repair OSX Lion problems directly through Internet with some kind of Apple network resource including OS repair utilities? I'm still using OSX 10.6.8 rather than Lion so I'm not familiar with recent Lion problems/solutions. Does a Lion-loaded thumb drive with OS repair utilities arrive free along with a new MacBook Air, and if not, what will save the day in an OS emergency?
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David Munch answered this, but I'll chime is to back him up. I used the superdrive on my previous MacBook Pro exactly once in the year and a half I had it before I palmed it off on my husband. The Air can use another computer's disk drive on the same network, but it's probably easier to use a thumb drive and transfer anything you can't download that way. Since I wanted to wipe the Pro before upgrading it to Lion, I made myself a thumb drive when downloading the OS from the app store and you can do something similar from the Air if you want.