What is better ?

MeinMilchKaffee

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

mynameisace

I do all my developing on a 13" Air and could't be happier. I use my Air over my 27" iMac.

Ace

LeonardDeveloper

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

tenrdrmer

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.

LeonardDeveloper

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!! )

HoneyTribeStudios

I was misled by the thread title. You're definitely missing an option in this poll

MeinMilchKaffee

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

LeonardDeveloper

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!!:)

tenrdrmer

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

LeonardDeveloper

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!!

threepeasoup

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.

mynameisace

Sort of, but the resolution is higher on the Air, so essentially you get more screen space on the Air than the Pro.

Ace

mithrawept

The air, easier to carry, so you can work anywhere.