What to buy..??macbookpro 15in non-retina or 13in....thanks

what to buy..??macbookpro 15in non-retina or 13in....
thank u,

still not enough information, if youre going to pack it everywhere, have you considered a macbook Air.
What is your last computer
what do you do on it, video, movies, just typing, web surfing.
what are you power requirements for graphics editing if any, video / pic editing.
etc.

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