MacBook Air 13 vs Pro 13 vs Pro 15

Hi there,
I am thinking of getting a Mac for college & uni. I was convinced i would need a 15" screen but after a look in the apple store a 13" appears to be big enough for me. For the majority I would be browsing, IM, listening to music, and doing work in pages or MS office for mac however I also would like the ability to convert large videos accurately (not edit, just convert) and I am wondering if the air will be good enough for me. How does the Air compare to the procssing power of the 13" MBP since they are both dual core. ideally, i do not want to spends tons of money on a 15" MBP
thanks
tom

WOW!! You can probably get lots of opinions on this one. The big question is what do you want to do with the MAC? For travel, I don't think you can beat the Macbook Air. I've go a 13 inch one and it is really great on the road. However, it is definitely limited for disk space. It just can't get no bigger. For me, that is not a problem. If you don't plan to travel, or carry it around, too much, I'd go with the Pro.
As to splitting the RAM for WIN/OSX, that will depend on how you want to run them. Bootstrap will let either, but not both, have all the RAM. I use Virtual Box for a few Windows applications and allocate only a portion of RAM to that. If Lion needs more, I can always shutdown and restart VB when it's needed. I have not had to do that.
Bottom line, MBA is a great travel computer. MBP has more room for oomph.
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