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MBAs are much smaller/lighter. The MBA with its lid closed is just a little bit taller than the MBP with the lid open. I love my 13" MBA!
by gnicholas 3y ago
MBAs are much smaller/lighter. The MBA with its lid closed is just a little bit taller than the MBP with the lid open. I love my 13" MBA!
- kjkjadksj 3y agoIts a 0.75lb and 0.17”difference though, you’d have to be a calibrated scale to notice that outside of side by side testing.
- gnicholas 3y agoFramed differently: it's 37% taller and 25% heavier. In the context of laptops, this is pretty hard not to notice. I have an MBA and my wife has an MBP — the difference is very easy to see/feel.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoIts not like killing you lifting a little bit more, its already so light. Its certainly appreciably much lighter than the 15 inch 2012 mac still kicking around my house. It feels easy to hold one handed even.
- gnicholas 3y agoI wouldn't mind that much, but my petite wife sure wishes that she could swap her MBP for an MBA! She takes her laptop in purses and other bags, so it's both about size and weight.
- turnsout 3y agoYeah I mean if you don't notice an extra 3/4 pound on a 3 pound laptop, then more power to you—get the bigger one
- kstrauser 3y agoI just lugged my work-issued MBP through a couple of airports today, and wow, I wish I had my own MBA with me instead. That weight doesn't make a huge difference on your lap. It sure makes a difference in a carryon bag.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoMaybe consider deadlifts to strengthen your trunk if that fatigues you