I need help buying a mba or mbp

hello, my laptop is gone mad not literally but he's gone mad, so im going to buy a macbook air or a pro so i need help choosing:
i will be using it for the following:
1. documents
2. power points
3. excel
i need it to have:
a long lasting battery,
iam a heavy gamer i just like to play games so i need it for games and work
and most importantly i will need it in school and iam more of '' staying in house''
sorry if i had bad english i didnt went to america a long time.

For your top 3 things, I'd recommend the Air. It does everything really fast, and as long as you're not doing processor- or graphics-heavy things you will find it extremely speedy. Which brings me to games. If you're a heavy gamer you'll want a MacBook Pro with a discreet graphics card. This means you should get a 15-inch model (both retina and non-retina have discreet graphics). But avoid retina if you're a gamer for now, because using retina resolution really strains your graphics card, and not using retina graphics on a retina screen makes the graphics usually look worse.
So - Air for your main applications
And if gaming's important - a 15" non-retina MBP

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