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So basically I have been having a choice between the Macbook air 13inch, with upgraded i7 core prosesser, 8gbs of ram and I think it's 256gbs of flash storage?  And the Macbook pro with retina display 13 inch also with 8gbs of ram, and 256gbs of flash storage, but the prosesser of 2.6 duel core intel i5 with turbo boost up to 3.1ghz. I wanted to know the difference between the processing speeds of these two would be and which one I should get. >.< Help please?

That is a fair point, but I'm not factoring external software (i.e., Creative Suite) into my current budget. However, as far as I know, aside from a few minor updates, earlier versions of Creative Suite should work fine under Mavericks. Please let me know if I'm wrong though.
If I eventually need to buy Creative Cloud, I plan to purchase it with a separate "budget." In other words, at this moment, my money will only go toward a new Macbook Pro or Air (and any tech upgrades, if necessary).
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