Should I get a high end macbook air or a macbook pro for digital graphics?

I wanna get into some 2d graphics. Drawing professionally with a tablet and such. Looking into 2D animation really. Maybe a little 3D. would a i7, 8gb ram 13 inch macbook air suit my needs? or should I get a pro for this? i really like the light design of the air and think it's a good enough size but the real issue is preformance. I guess it doesn't have to be such a powerhouse cause im planning to get a high powered desktop/imac anyways? I just wanna know which would give me the best results for on the go rendering.

The advantage of a desk top is that it is NOT portable, like the mobile devices. I do 75%/25% business/pleasure on my iMac 27" and it is as secure as possible in its location at my house. Because all these systems are so multi-function these days - Internet, photography, music, writing, and of course business - the temptation is always to have one around wherever you are.
For instance, I take my iPad abroad, or simply out for the day in case I get somewhere and find WiFi and want to use that. If I only had a MacBook, I would take that out, and risk losing critical business data and images.
Sure, I have Time Machine backups, but for me, the trouble and cost of claiming for hardware and software [if I could prove I wasn't simply careless], and then messing about to get back to square one makes having a stable system at home very desirable.
Then I can take subsets of what I want out on the lesser hardware and not worry.
So it depends if you are playing or working, and of what nature the work is.

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