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An alternative perspective - for people that travel a lot, that 300 grams (.6 pounds) - is a deal breaker. Also, you really have to be a power user to need mor
by ghshephard 14y ago
An alternative perspective - for people that travel a lot, that 300 grams (.6 pounds) - is a deal breaker. Also, you really have to be a power user to need more than a MacBook Air can give you in terms of performance - my 2010 4GB 256 GB SSD MBair is plenty fast for me, and I'm probably pushing it harder than 95% of "road warriors" do.
It may be the case that people value the mobility so much that Apple isn't dropping the price on the MacBook Air. (Or, alternatively, people are no longer buying the heavier MacBook Pro, so they've dropped it's price.)
- cstross 14y agoThe rMBP premium doesn't just get you more power, though -- it gets you that lovely screen. If you have any eye trouble at all, a less-than-best quality panel is a real deal breaker. (I speak as a former user of a 2010 4gb/256 SSD MBair myself. Couldn't go back to it, these days.)
- coldtea 14y ago>An alternative perspective - for people that travel a lot, that 300 grams (.6 pounds) - is a deal breaker. I travel a lot, and even the 15" rMBP is not a "deal breaker". It's funny how pathetic it would look to our fathers that we find 2.5 kg to much to carry around in a bag...
- chicagobob 13y agoAgree 100%. I travel a lot and need more power. I currently have a 13" MBA, and am waiting to see what the next refresh offers, but am seriously looking at a 15" rMBP for my next machine. The screen is sooooo much better that the extra weight becomes a non issue (plus all the extra CPU power is huge too).
- darkspaten 13y ago> or people that travel a lot, that 300 grams (.6 pounds) - is a deal breaker I travel for business quite a bit (20-50,000 airmiles/year) and I traded in a 13" MBA for a 15" rMBP upon its release. For me, it was an easy deal to exchange the laptop weight differential through unnecessary clothes or travel accessories for this gorgeous display and added (dev) computing power.
- manaskarekar 13y ago"for people that travel a lot, that 300 grams (.6 pounds) - is a deal breaker." Just to put this into perspective, a medium sized t-shirt usually weighs 6-10 ounces (160-285 grams) approximately.