Macbook air 256 gb or macbook pro 15 2.3 ghz?

i need a laptop for college and it has to las the 5 years of the career.
macbook air has 256 SSD and the macbook pro 15 has 500 HD and Quad-core processors which is awesome
whats better or more important SSD or Quad-core?
which one is faster and last more years?

Because of the fact that you need the laptop to stay with you for five years, I would say to take the MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air is generally not upgradeable (certainly not so without voiding the warranty) once it has been purchased and in five years time the processor of the MacBook Air will probably be reaching its limits even on basic tasks. If you did select the MacBook Air then for it to last this long the 8GB of RAM would more or less be mandatory. The MacBook Pro, on the other hand, can be upgraded to a certain degree. Because of this you could benefit from the quad-core processors right now and will have the option to upgrade the 500GB hard disk to a solid state drive once your funding permits it. You would also be able to increase the RAM should the situation arise in three or four years time that you find yourself needing more.

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I'm not sure it's more reliable (since now everything appears to work fine), but you might also get some information if .MobileBackups is involved by running the command in Terminal to show the size of that directly (Finder won't show because only root has permission to look at it).
I first fired up Terminal to get a command prompt. From that prompt I entered the following:
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Macbook Pro - 13.3” 16:10 1280x800
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Macbook Pro - 384MB Intel HD 3000 (IntegratedGraphics)
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Macbook Pro – 0.95 in thick max, 108.5in^2
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Macbook Pro – 4.5 lbs
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Hi @Lilium ,
I see that you are having issues printing through the USB connection. I would really like to be able to help you resolve this issue.
Did you download and install the full software solution or run the Apple Upates?
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