I'd say that if retina display isn't your thing, go for the best macbook air available. It's a killer machine with a staggering 12 hours of battery life and it

I'd say that if retina display isn't your thing, go for the best macbook air available. It's a killer machine with a staggering 12 hours of battery life and it weighs so little your back with thank you. In terms of performance, with the new mavericks optimizations and haswell proccessor you will barely make this machines fans work unless you compile xcode or encode video