Average college student. Thinking MBA or MBPR. HELP

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Average college student. Thinking MBA or MBPR. HELP

I have 6k songs and always am adding more.

I also have a bunch of photos but most hang out in my external hard drive.

Usually on the internet.. well always on the internet (youtube, e-mail, online hw set ups, social networks).

I would download Word, Powerpoint, Excel.

I would like to be able to take it to class and I some what travel more than the average college student does.

MacBook Air, MacBook Retina

Posted on Mar 7, 2014 1:11 PM

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Mar 7, 2014 1:48 PM in response to sarah_l

Air would be perfect for that for typical all-around college use. Dont let the size of the Air fool you. Unless you plan on heavy gaming or vid editing, consider the Air.

The NEW macbook Pro and Air are EXTREMELY close in form factor

The newest macbook Pro is essentially a larger macbook Air with Retina display and options for speed in increasing prices up to an independent graphics and quad core processor.

both Air and new Pro now have PCIe SSD and permanent RAM.

The Air is the lightweight portable form factor, fast to boot and shut down, but with longer battery life than any of the macbook pro in 13"

Now the new macbook Pro and macbook Air are extremely close in form factor and nature.

both have 802ac wifi

both have permanent RAM, no superdrive

both are slim profiles and SSD

The only real differences now between Air and Pro....are (in the most expensive Pros) faster processors and quadcore processors and top end model autonomous graphics and the Pro has HDMI output.....and of course the retina display

both are now "very good for travel"

Other than features the form factor of the Air and Pro are VERY close now,....so now its merely a matter of features and price more than anything.

You need an external HD regardless of what you get for backups etc. Drop into an Apple store and handle both and make your choice based on features, such as Retina or non-retina, .... both at a distance now look like the same computer.

The Pro weighs more, ....but nowhere near what it used to just a month ago on the older macbook Pros

The NEW macbook Pro is a different creature entirely than the older macbook Pro, .....the new Pro is thicker than the Air, but id frankly call the NEWEST Pro a "macbook Air with Retina display" , or

Maybe a “macbook Air PRO with Retina display”

Instead of Air VS Pro now,.....its really a smooth transition from Air to pro without comparing say, 2 different creatures, now its like contrasting a horse from a race horse.

Either one in 8gig of RAM (preferably)... the 4gig upgrade costs very little, the I7 you will notice only 15% faster on heavy applications over the I5, and NOTHING on most APPS.....I5 has longer battery life.

As you see below, the non-Retina 13" AIR is 82% of the Macbook with Retina display in resolution

there is no magical number of pixels per inch that automatically equates to Retina quality.

http://www.cultofmac.com/168509/why-you-might-be-disappointed-by-the-resolution- of-those-new-retina-display-macs-feature/