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Originally Posted by unboggling
MacBook Air, huh. Hmm.
On the Apple site, comparing 13 inch MacBook Air with 13 inch MacBook Pro is useful. I'm not convinced, but I'm old-fashioned, as well as a possibly biased MacBookPro person.
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You are old fashioned then, yes.
The Air is quite a speedy machine, and I really think you overestimate a students needs. (Especially a female one!) And as mentioned before, in most day to day work, the Air is faster due to the SSD anyway.
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I don't necessarily trust the Air's flash drive which has significantly smaller storage capacity even at upgrade to 256GB compared to 750 GB serial ATA.
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Unless your niece downloads tons of movies online, then she'll have no problem with 128GB, even less with a 256GB drive..
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Extra speed of Solid State Drive in a Pro might be nice, but it's fine with just cheaper (and more storage) serial ATA drive.
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Seriously don't underestimate the speed gains for day to day work, from an SSD. The differences are night and day.
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Air is an i5 and with superdrive (dvd/cd reader) added is $1678 at Apple Store US, while Pro with i7, superdrive, and more ports is $1499.
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She wont need a superdrive.
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Pro is also expandible from 4GB to to 8GB DDR3 SDRAM for extra $200, while the Air currently is limited to 4GB DDR3 SDRAM.
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She wont need more than 4GB. Heck, I have 3GB in my 2006 MBP work machine, which also took me through university without trouble!
Again, I really think you overestimate the needs of a student...
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For outdoor use or carting around a lot, the Pro seems more rugged and sturdy.
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Not really, they are both unibodys at the same thickness.
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How important is the weight difference of 0.69 kg, against some of the advantages of the Pro vs the Air?
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Originally Posted by Synamon
When you are actually using a laptop on your lap, 0.69 kg matters a great deal. Not to mention lugging it with you all day long around campus rather than to and from somewhere on a commute.
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What Synamon said.
Note that Apple is expected to update most of the Mac models this coming monday, as part of their developer conference WWDC...
