Mac pro or mac air?

Helllo, I'm a highschool student with a macbook air and im required to bring my computer to school every day, my school is technology based, but im looking at a macbook pro 13 inch and a macbook air 13 inch for my school. i over use my computer for all the hard work. We use our text books, notes, project, etc. on our computers. In my free time i also listen to a lot of music and play a lot of games and watch a lot of movies on my computer. Im wondering which one would be best for me. I like the macbook pro because the sapce and the ram and it can handle a lot of work at once it has a longer battery life and agian how much it supports., but i like the macbook air because of the ssd card and the light wieght and the flashdrive on it. Which one should i get?

A lot depends on what you expect the addition to do...provide limited computing but great portaility, then the iPad because it has the iWork components available to it. But limited ability to only those apps available from the app store. For computing capability and portability, the MBA is great, small, light weight, fast, will run MS Office, and is an honest to goodness computer. Lots of power, then the MBP is best...all things compatible with Lion, memory and harderive upgrades, two graphics processors, all around power house.
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I currently own a 13.3inch LED-backlit widescreen notebook Mac book pro from 2011 and am looking to upgrade. I'm in my last year of high school and will be starting college next year. I'm really into photography, and use my computer for all my notes and assignments in class. SD card slot is prefreable. Really lost as to what I should get, not looking to spend over $1,500.00 (roughly, open to ideas). Is it worth buying an 11'inch basic? If so how can I connect my SD card? ANY help is very appreciated:)

13" Air with 8gig of RAM
11" Air doesnt have a SD card slot. Ive owned both 11 and 13" Air, still have a 13", and also a current pro.
If as you said you plan on much photo editing, then definitely get the 13"
The NEW macbook Pro and Air are extremely close in form factor
The newest macbook Pro is essentially a larger macbook Air with Retina display and options for speed in increasing prices up to an independent graphics and quad core processor.
both Air and new Pro now have PCIe SSD and permanent RAM.
The Air is the lightweight portable form factor, fast to boot and shut down, but with longer battery life than any of the macbook pro in 13"
Now the new macbook Pro and macbook Air are extremely close in form factor and nature.
both have 802ac wifi
both have permanent RAM, no superdrive
both are slim profiles and SSD
The only real differences now are (in the most expensive Pros) faster processors and quadcore processors and top end model autonomous graphics, also HDMI output on the new macbook Pros!. ....and of course the retina display
both are now "very good for travel"
DETAILED bench tests between the new AIR and the new PRO here:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/how-to-choose-13-inch-macbook-air-vs-13-i nch-retina-macbook-pro/2/
Other than features the form factor of the Air and Pro are VERY close now,....so now its merely a matter of features and price more than anything.
You need an external HD regardless of what you get for backups etc. Drop into an Apple store and handle both and make your choice based on features, such as Retina or non-retina, .... both at a distance now look like the same computer.
The Pro weighs more, ....but nowhere near what it used to just a month ago on the older macbook Pros
The NEW macbook Pro is a different creature entirely than the older macbook Pro, .....the new Pro is thicker than the Air, but id frankly call the NEWEST Pro a "macbook Air with Retina display" , or
Maybe a “macbook Air PRO with Retina display”
Instead of Air vs. Pro now,.....its really a smooth transition from Air to pro without comparing say, 2 different creatures, now its like contrasting a horse from a race horse (rough analogy)
Either one in 8gig of RAM (preferably)... the 4gig upgrade costs very little, the I7 you will notice only 15% faster on heavy applications over the I5, and NOTHING on most APPS.....I5 has longer battery life.
As you see below, the non-Retina 13" AIR is 82% of the Macbook with Retina display in resolution
there is no magical number of pixels per inch that automatically equates to Retina quality.
http://www.cultofmac.com/168509/why-you-might-be-disappointed-by-the-resolution- of-those-new-retina-display-macs-feature/
A huge internal SSD isnt a game changer for anything, you need an external HD anyway
what you WONT READ on Apple.com etc. is that the larger SSD are much faster due to SSD density
"The 512GB Samsung SSD found in our 13-inch model offers roughly a 400MB/s increase in write speeds over the 128GB SanDisk/Marvell SSD"
http://blog.macsales.com/19008-performance-testing-not-all-2013-macbook-air-ssds -are-the-same
Here is an excellent video comparison between the 11” I5 vs. I7 2013 Macbook Air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDqJ-on03z4
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7113/2013-macbook-air-core-i5-4250u-vs-core-i7-465 0u/2
I5 vs. I7 performance 13” Macbook Air 2013
Boot performance
11.7 I5 ……11.4 I7
Cinebench
1.1 I5….1.41 I7
IMovie Import and Opt.
6.69 I5….5.35 I7
IMovie Export
10.33 I5…8.20 I7
Final Cut Pro X
21.47 I5…17.71 I7
Adobe Lightroom 3 Export
25.8 I5….31.8 I7
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Performance
27.3 I5…22.6 I7
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Macbook Pro 13" or Mac Air 13"

Hey, can anyone offer reasons to go with the 13" Macbook Pro over the new Mac Air 13". Plan on keeping this as my primary for the next few years. I heard a rumor that a new version of the Macbook Pro will be coming out in the next few months. Is it worth the wait ??

Next macbook pro is at least 7-8 months the new one just came out in March.... It's hard to make a recommendation when we don't know what your using the macbook for.... Do you travel alot? Do you carry the macbook to school or work? What sort of battery life are you looking for? What sort of applications will you be running? These are all things that matter when it comes to choosing any computer for certain tasks... As your primary I'm guessing mostly email, web, music, movies and that sort of thing?
The ssd is definately a plus for the AIR. But like the previous user stated; your not going to be upgrading anything internally on the AIR yourself. If you get a macbook pro, you could always buy an aftermarket SSD and swap at a later time as well as upgrade your ram, change the battery yourself after the warranty expires, etc.... If you need a graphically demanding machine do not get either one, you'll be dissapointed if your doing anything that requires a decent gpu. These both have integrated ones GPU's unlike the 15" macbook pro model. However, for the everyday user, the specs are plenty good enough to do most tasks.
Personally, I would go with the 13" macbook air. If not only because it comes with an SSD and was just released like a week ago, but also because RAM doesn't really matter when your using an SSD, 4GB is plenty enough. Hands down 13" macbook air with the 256GB SSD.

I just bought the mac air 20 days ago could I still trade it in for the mac book pro?

I bought the mac air 11 inch but im starting to want the mac book pro 13 inch I dont know why i didnt get the pro when it was the same as this computer I still want to trade would I be able to?

Ofiiclally 14 days at a store.
You can ask ... nicely. No guarantees.

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Mike,
I do agree with you... that you *could* do that but the issue is the large number of reported problems, here and elsewhere, by people trying to use MA with Logic.... resulting in them having to re-install Logic and it's content, from scratch anyhow.. negating the use of MA to achieve this..
I also believe, though I have no proof of course, that based on previous similar situations on the App Store, there will be no discount for recent purchaser of Logic 9 when the next major version of Logic is released... but then again, the current price of Logic 9 is the same price as the Logic 8 to Logic 9 upgrade price was anyhow.. so in reality, for me at least, it would be reasonable to pay that same price for the Logic 9 to Logic <whatever> anyhow!
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I do not take Intergrative Nutrition, but I have some advice for choosing your device. Your choice of device should be based upon what you will use your device for currently and in the future.
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