Ask HN: Macbook Pro or Air for web development

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by Kevindish • 15 years ago

2 8 15 years ago

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Hey hackers

I would like to hear yours opinions about if you should buy the macbook pro or air? We are talking 13"

I am a little bit split: The air has a bigger screen resolution - 13" They have the same graphics

There is a difference of .7 Ghz between. It is that big a difference?

The Air has a clearly faster I/O with the SSD.

What do you think?

mmphosis• 15 years ago

The MacBook Air is my personal preference. Your points, all seem to point to the Air except for the .7 Ghz,

>There is a difference of .7 Ghz between. It is that big a difference?

no.

Kevindish4• 15 years ago

I think i choose the air. Thanks for your advice!

_pius• 15 years ago

Having used both, I strongly recommend the Air. It's more than capable of being one's primary machine for web development and the difference in portability and daily speed is dramatic.

Kevindish4• 15 years ago

I have choosen the macbook air, thanks :)

jurre• 15 years ago

Got my air a couple of months ago and got rid of my desktop last month. The air is all I use now and I love it.

Kevindish4• 15 years ago

I think i am going for the air. It is so much prettier! :p

friggeri• 15 years ago

I had pretty much the same dilemma six months ago, finally I went with the 13" Macbook Pro w/ 8Gb RAM and 512Gb SSD. It changed my day to day life (but I also need my machine to do some heavy data crunching while on the go, so the slower processor was a major no for me).

Kevindish4• 15 years ago

I would also do the same thing, but i do not have that much money in my own company at this point :) Thanks for your view!

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