what is the dofference between a macbook pro and macbook air

The Air is for people whom just surf the Internet and gets email and occasional web video with a friend! A Mac Pro is for someone whom makes money with their Mac and runs programs hours from artists and videos makers and music makers! That's the difference!

The Mac mini was made from swatters to get their feet wet in Mac world. The Mac Studio was made for real professionals in a real studio that would be art or video!

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Depends on the particular models in question. However, the MacBook Air has always been extremely thin and had more limited ports available than the MacBook Pros of the same era. It's usually been of somewhat lower performance. The original MBA used a different Intel Core 2 processor than the corresponding MacBook Pro. It was geared towards better battery life at the expense of some performance.

Generally the Air is less powerful, has fewer ports and cost less.

But, you can get to the point with added upgrades to the Air you approach the Pro's attributes. With the exception of number of ports.