Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference to kick off June 10 at 10 a.m. PDT with Keynote address

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New Macbook Air over Old Macbook Pro 13" ?

Essentially I would be using it for the following:

Word Processing (ms office suite)
Video editing (primarily YT videos) via FCP X
Music editing / production via Garageband, Logic Pro, and Melodyne
Adobe Photoshop CS6 (willing to live without retina)
Probably light gaming
Coding ( I don't think this should be an issue, but want the ability to write apps for iOS)
Web surfing obviously
Building itunes library (currently less than 10gb)

Budget is $1190 or less. I'm definitely getting at least 8gb of ram (16gb if older mbp and falls in budget or 4gb if that would be sufficient for what I'm planning to do) in either scenario. But not sure if I should go for 128 - 256 ssd gb or a higher capactiy hd that usually is found in mbp's. Is the 1.3 ghz processor in the MBA enough for all that? Should I be looking at retina MBP's? A bit lost / clueless.

Looking to purchase today so opinions are very much appreciated and needed asap. Which would work best for my needs? Looking at 13" models. SD card slot would be great, but not necessary since I currently have a PC that has an SD card slot as well as cd/dvd drive.

Mainly interested in new or seller refurbished. Not used unless less than month old or something. Most likely not getting apple care.

Posted on Jan 19, 2014 1:00 PM

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Jan 21, 2014 3:33 PM in response to hands4

Hmm I have considered that.

I do have the option to buy the latest rMBP with 4gb ram and 128 gb ssd brand new for $1149. Trying to figure out if that's a good price or not. Taking into consideration everything I want to do. I understand that the ram and ssd will not be upgradeable, but I'm wondering since it's the latest version with the haswell processor and ram compression with mavericks if the 4gb will end up being fine. I'm not planning on running more than 2 of the programs at the same time 3 max. Most of the time it will be 1.

Jan 21, 2014 4:17 PM in response to goldess

youre only saving $150 over a new base model. but good enough. 4 gig is plenty for most people, but the extra $100 for 8gig is recommended by all here for good reason.

Most everyone on this board loves OWC,........I think theyre really great...... if you love overpriced stuff.

New Macbook Air over Old Macbook Pro 13" ?