I bought the Macbook Pro Retina for Python+HTML dev, it is overkill and I don't find the retina screen to be a game changer on a regular basis. I'd go with the

I bought the Macbook Pro Retina for Python+HTML dev, it is overkill and I don't find the retina screen to be a game changer on a regular basis. I'd go with the Air if I had to make the decision again. I do suggest maxing out the ram and such when you do it, though.