13 inch MacBook pro vs MacBook air

I am looking to get my wife and me each a new 13 inch Mac. My wife and I both will be using it for the basic needs, web, email, iTunes and so forth. She will be using hers for pictures of our family and that sort of thing. I will be using mine for videos from my go pro 2 and doing some basic editing, DVD making and family trip type things. No advanced rendering or graphic design, however I would like to do some minor photo editing as well. I assumed the airbooks would be good for her and the MacBook pro for me since I will be using video. However if the MacBook air would be sufficient for my needs as well I would rather spend less money if it does the same work. However I do no want to get a laptop that will to be satisfactory just to save a few pennies. Any suggestions? Thanks

What I will advise you is that the ram can not be upgraded in an Air after you purchase it. If you chose an Air 2gb or 4gb will be the max it will ever have. Based on this alone I would not get an Air as my main computer because I want to keep my mac for the long term, and 2gb ram is already the minimum requirement for the current version of OS X (Lion). New MacBook Pros can be upgraded to a max of 16gb (which is agreeably not necessary for the average user at this point in time).

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2. Which runs the coolest?
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