What is better ?

MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
I am going to buy a new mac..
So what is better Macbook pro 13" or macbook air 13" ?
Which is better for developing and testing ?

Cheers

Comments

  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    I do all my developing on a 13" Air and could't be happier. I use my Air over my 27" iMac.

    Ace
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    I use a mbpro 13" with a monitor, I would deffinately say MBP, MBA does not have enough storage, plus MBP's are better :P
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    The decider to be honest is Storage and Optical Drive. Do you need them. I bought my wife the new 13" air with 256 GB drive and it blows my 2010 MBP out of the water in terms of loading times on absolutely everything.

    As TSB said though the screen is small. So you prob want an extra monitor for the few things you will need a larger screen for.
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    LeonardDeveloper said:
    I use a mbpro 13" with a monitor, I would deffinately say MBP, MBA does not have enough storage, plus MBP's are better :P

    oh by the way i have sad so its probably as fast as tendrmers mac air, (SSD makes the difference!! :))
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    I was misled by the thread title. You're definitely missing an option in this poll

  • MeinMilchKaffeeMeinMilchKaffee Member, PRO Posts: 114
    I think I buy a MBA with ext. Monitor and ext. HDD.
    Because the MBA is so fast and so sexy;)
    Thank you all for your replays :)
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    MeinMilchKaffee said:
    I think I buy a MBA with ext. Monitor and ext. HDD.
    Because the MBA is so fast and so sexy;)
    Thank you all for your replays :)

    Welcome, good luck!!:)
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    LeonardDeveloper said:
    oh by the way i have sad so its probably as fast as tendrmers mac air, (SSD makes the difference!! :))

    Yes it most certainly does. I wish I had a SSD :)
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    tenrdrmer said:
    Yes it most certainly does. I wish I had a SSD :)

    Ya, the only problems are, It doesn't generally come in big storage options and if it does it costs a fortune!! :)
  • threepeasoupthreepeasoup Member Posts: 33
    go with whatever has more power since your monitor sizes are the same on both mbp or mba. Also SSD is always a plus, makes opening programs super fast.
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Sort of, but the resolution is higher on the Air, so essentially you get more screen space on the Air than the Pro.

    Ace
  • mithraweptmithrawept Member, PRO Posts: 167
    The air, easier to carry, so you can work anywhere.
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