boboguitar said:
fig96 said:
boboguitar said:
JDCAG (NOT Colin) said:
What are you doing? Most people don't need a MB's. I do full timedevelopment including running multiple dockers and things like illustrator and an air is just fine. Do I prefer a pro? Sure. But for most people, a pro is just a really expensive machine for their needs. I only use a pro now because my company bought me one.
Exactly this, if your computer is a glorified email checker, internet browser and Netflix machine, there's no reason to spend more money on a pro.
A 13" Pro is 100 bucks more than the upgraded Air and is a good bit more powerful. If it were a big price difference that would be one thing, but it's not.
Why would he need to get the upgraded Air though in my hypothetical?
There's a $300 difference between the basic air and the basic pro. Again, assuming he's not doing cpu intensive activities, why waste $300?
It's an older CPU that's probably 25% or more slower overall than the MBP, and while activities may not be overly CPU intense any machine will start to drag when you've got multiple apps open. Possibly more important, you're lacking the Retina screen on the Air which is a huge day to day difference.
That's a machine that's only a bit slow today but it's already behind technology wise, maybe it's just my mindset but I'll happily pay a few hundred extra for a machine I'm going to have for 5+ years. I wouldn't classify that extra investment as a "waste" averaged over several years, others may disagree.