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The thing is that I have a Macbook Pro. I got it in 2009 and it is definetly starting to show its age. The battery lasts anywhere from 30-70 minutes when not plugged in. I have to end nearly every Safari session with force quit. The volume quality is terrible and my trackpad is starting to die on me. Genius Bar won't replace the battery because there is apparently a stain on it. Very silly.
I get tired of lugging my Macbook back and forth to school. So, I was thinking of getting an Air for 1) the weight 2)The battery life. But I hear that Mac Air isn't very powerful. For school, I would need to have Bootcamp installed on my computer because a lot of programs I use aren't mac compatible. (I'm a Management Information Systems major. It's half Computer Science & half Business) This year I used Visio and Oracle SQL Developer. I'm not sure what I will need for upcoming semesters. Will an Air be able to handle these programs? In addition to that, I do the regular stuff: Write a few papers, check emails and facebook, Youtube, web-surf, and watch television online.
I was thinking I would save my Pro for Sims and use the Air for everything else. I'm a student and a future Apple employee so I'm hoping that I'll get some good discounts. So my question IS, should I get another Pro (I could move everything over to the new comp and donate my old one, but it's soo heavy!) or get an Air (I'd keep my Pro for sims and use the Air for school. But Airs sound very weak!!) What should I do??
And this is my first post so please be nice
Thanks to all that reply

I have a mid 2012 MBA and find it very capable. The 1.8 GHz Core i5 processor seems to handle everything quite well. For your school work I think the MBA is your best bet. It is capable and light. The MB Pro tends to weight quite a bit more and really isn't that much better unless you get into the very high end units. One caveat, the MBA does not yet have the Retina display. If you feel you wil need that, then the MB Pro is the only laptop to go for now. The MBA may get the Retina display in the future but until them (who knows when) there isn't much of a choice. If you go with the MBA, make sure you get the best processor and memory you can afford. I find the Core i5 processor is quite capable and 4 GB RAM is sufficient. For your school work that should be fine.

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