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prawnsarnies

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For all you Mac Book users out there a simple question I hope, I have decided to buy a Mac book, should I buy Mac book Air or Pro and why ?.

Many thanks for your help.

 

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Springal

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• Jan 3, 2014

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prawnsarnies said:

For all you Mac Book users out there a simple question I hope, I have decided to buy a Mac book, should I buy Mac book Air or Pro and why ?.

Many thanks for your help.

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Depends what you plan to use it on. I had a MacBook Air for work, and found it a bit underpowered at time, once you had Microsoft Office suite open (with Outlook), and the 13" screen was a pain for me. However for light use or if you travel a lot, ideal I'd say.

Macbook Pro higher powered, and of course 15-17" screen size if that matters

 

The Merry Prankster

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• Jan 3, 2014

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Pro. I've had two Airs and they damage easily.

 

Goldstone Rapper

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Springal said:

Depends what you plan to use it on. I had a MacBook Air for work, and found it a bit underpowered at time, once you had Microsoft Office suite open (with Outlook), and the 13" screen was a pain for me. However for light use or if you travel a lot, ideal I'd say.

Macbook Pro higher powered, and of course 15-17" screen size if that matters

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MacBook Pros do not come with 17" screens any more. 15" is tops now.

 

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Springal

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Goldstone Rapper said:

MacBook Pros do not come with 17" screens any more. 15" is tops now.

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My bad. I tend not to look at the Apple site too much, as can be dangerous. Infact having done so, drew my attention to their current 0% finance deal !

 

Goldstone Rapper

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I have MacBook Air - suits me fine for Photoshop, iMovie, word processing and a bit of web design.

 

Goldstone Rapper

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Springal said:

My bad. I tend not to look at the Apple site too much, as can be dangerous. Infact having done so, drew my attention to their current 0% finance deal !

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Luckily they haven't released a 17" MacBook Air as I'd probably want that!

 

Goldstone Rapper

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And does anyone use iMovie version 10?

I couldn't understand the new version and have to downgrade...

 

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Husty

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If you have the money go for the 15" Macbook Pro with Retina Display, it's a really powerful of a laptop with a good CPU and GPU but also thin, light and portable. When I purchased mine there was simply no competition on the market and that justified the higher price tag, I have NO idea if anything has changed in this regard.

 

prawnsarnies

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Thanks for the feed back all, went for the macbook pro.

 

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• Jan 4, 2014

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prawnsarnies said:

Thanks for the feed back all, went for the macbook pro.

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