Mac Book Pro or Mac Book Air

Hi, I'm new here. I am a student  and i want to buy a Mac for my study. I don't know which Mac is better for me, so i Hope you can help me to find the right Mac.

For ease of carry-I would agree with Dominic, but would also add the question of what is your field of study?  If high school, then definitely the MBA.  If university it becomes a question of your field of study.  Does the Air have the storage and computing power you need or are you taking courses that require use of other operating systems that need space on the storage for isntallation?  Do you have to have Windows, then you need enough space for BootCamp with Windows.  That would push you to the MBP with its larger storage.
In either case, 8 GB of memory is important to have.

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