i am planning to buy a macbook. i need help on which one to buy?

Question

here are my choces:
*NEW MacBook Pro 13" 2.5GHz i5 Bundle
*NEW MacBook Pro Retina 13" 2.5GHz i5 Bundle
*NEW MacBook AIR 13" 1.8GHz i5 Bundle

Answer 1

Ok I have the 13" MBP non-retina. I love it and it's great.



The retina version has a nice screen but is way overpriced and doesn't do any more than the non retina.



The big difference is upgradability. In the non retina you can upgrade the Ram yourself and the hard drive. You can even take out the disc drive and replace it with another hard drive. There's kits and tutorials and videos over the net.



With the retina version you can't change anything all the tech is soldered in and can't be changed at all.



So if you want a top of the range retina MBP then you pay and arm and a leg for it.



But with the regular 13" you can but with the lowest specs and upgrade after a year. That's what I did. I had 4GB RAM now I have 16GB and I intend to put an SSD into it when their cheap enough.



Now the air is small thin and fast. Because the have SSD. So if you want a large SSD it's an arm and a leg.



In summary:



The Air is fast but is expensive to upgrade the storage. If that doesn't matter than great.

The retina is good for picture editing and video editing but is very expensive. No opportunity to upgrade so you have to buy big if want big.

The regular MBP is my favourite. You can upgrade the crap out of it.



Hope it helps

Answer 2

What your best bet is, the second option, the Retina Macbook Pro.

However, I strongly don't recommend buying an Apple product these days, especially a Macbook and here's why.

First of all, even more Macbooks are going to be announced in like 6 months, so whatever you are aiming at right now will probably become a hundred dollars plus cheaper, so that's one.

Second, PC's outperform Macs in almost every single aspect. Gaming performance, rendering, loading speeds, you know all of that.

If you are going to buy a Mac however just for browsing online, then it is a HUGE and I mean HUGGEEEE waste of money, (because Macs are just overpriced). What you can do is buy a Chromebook, A laptop that is as light as 0.5 KG, about 1 pound, and handles online speeds like a lightning bolt (pun intended :)

So please, only if you have to, do not buy a Mac.

Answer 3

Depends if you want a lightweight Mac, Macbook air is the choice. Macbook pro 13 and the Pro 13 Retina have no real difference except for the display on screen and the pro 13 is a decently fast mac more for multitask.

Answer 4

If I were to choose, I would go for Retina.



David