[TemptingReviews] 13" MacBook Air 2011 vs. 13" MacBook Pro 2011

On the fence? Can't decide? it's not a hard choice to make. The #1 reason to choose the Air is to have a slim machine. If that's really all you care about and 2 pounds is too much for you, the Air is perfect.

The reality is, the Pro is upgradeable. It can have ANY hard drive you want in it. You can have up to 16GB of RAM if you want. The screen is superior. The build quality is superior. The processor is faster. The case has better ventilation for the heat generated.

I'm not saying for a moment that the AIr doesn't have a place. It does. It's a great companion machine, great for being on an airplane. It's not going to be a viable primary laptop unless all you do is browse the web and hit up Facebook.

The reality though is that the Pro has more long term value than the Air.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Apple
• MacBook
• MacBook Air
• notebook
• laptop
• Steve Jobs
• Lion
• Mac OS Mac OS X
• OS X
• OS X Lion
• Mac OS Lion
• Macintosh

[Smalskin]

Is the resolution so much better? On the air?

[mistermarcusgmail]

@Smalskin the resolution is higher. But I submit most would not notice or care for day to day use.

[masterkiller247]

this video is kind of like lion vs snow leopard

[MrDave1957]

great video

i have a 2011 mbp 13.3 inch with a 2.3 ghz i5 upgraded to 8gb ram it has a 320 gb hd and believe it or not i almost sold it to get the air but thought for a bit and decided just to change out the harddrive just yesterday i ordered a crucial 128 ssd with the data transfer kit .

can't wait to get it.

take care

[dgabrown]

Absolutely agree with you about the natural scrolling, worst feature ever! I disabled it as soon as I figured out what was screwing up my mac.

[Mathias6191]

Which one is best for a student? i use it for school works, presentations but i only bring it to school sometimes!

[nintendonick]

Also could be dissin' Jobs and you can't do that. :D

[nintendonick]

Why the hate for this video? Is it because he's black? :P Nice informative video and agreed with everything said. Thumbed up. :) Maybe it's all the boogers in the vid. Hehe.

[MrDrumsdrumsdrums]

Very good review indeed! i just bought the 13" 2,4 GHz, 4MB, 500GB HD and has been using it for about two weeks. I have used earlier MacBooks through many years. I also have mac´s as stationary computers at home. Personally i found the new features in Lion very easy to get used to, including the scrolling since I'm so used to it on the iPhone. Re. the heat level, the Pro does not get extremely warm during use. Right now I watched this entire review after surfing the net for about 1 hour. np!

[lennert270]

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