Pro or Air? help me decide

[kornchild2002]

Gaming performance is going to be tolerable for 2004 and earlier.

Some newer titles should also be fine so long as they are using an older game engine. Portal runs pretty solid on my MBA at almost the native resolution of its display. It uses the Half-Life 2 engine, which is pretty dated, but it still looks good.

Almost anything more modern (and using a more modern engine) is going to cause problems. I've heard Call of Duty 4 can be played on a 2011+ MBA but I haven't experienced it first hand. Games can be a little tricky as it all depends on their engine and what their code takes advantage of. Some games take advantage of Nvidia hardware while others work fine with AMD and even Intel.

[Kamzan]

if battlefield 3 can be played on the HD4000 which is built in the MBA CPU then pretty much most of the new titles out there are also playable

[masterchef341]

Everything on low, 800x600, 15-30 fps

[AlonsoCa]

complaining about chile? have you checked the prices in brazil?

I haven't, but Chile is supposed to have signed a TLC (Free Commerce Treaty) with the USA, which should have cut the impot taxes but truth is taxes have raised let's say since 2010 more or less. If the relationship between USA and Chile is so good in almost every topic why would imports be so expensive? In addition, the minimal legal salary here is around US$400 a month, pretty low isn't it? ._.

And please do not lose the focus of the topic, I don't care about new titles, I am not that kind of OMG-60FPS-CRYSIS2 kind of person. I don't even like CoD, MoH, LoL, WoW and that sort of things. As far as it runs Portal smoothly I'm happy

[saturnotaku]

And please do not lose the focus of the topic, I don't care about new titles, I am not that kind of OMG-60FPS-CRYSIS2 kind of person. I don't even like CoD, MoH, LoL, WoW and that sort of things. As far as it runs Portal smoothly I'm happy

Where you lived and what/how you wanted to play were not made clear in your initial post. Now that we have this information, you would do just fine with an Air. Again, I would point you to a refurbished machine, if they're available in your country. A 2011 model will be just fine and hopefully fall within your budget.

[daylove]

Well, this is quite difficult to figure out for me so I ask you for some advice

Situation is as follows:

I have 1,400 more or less to buy a new laptop (never had one of my own actually) which is the price for the entry model 2012 Macbook pro & air 13' down here. I want the laptop to last as much as possible (let's say 4-5 years) I don't use my machines for anything resource heavy other than some light photo editing, light gaming and music production (Recording - mastering, Cubase or similar 99% of the time) I'm pretty comfortable with OSX therefore I have decided on getting a mac, but my problem is if the MBA will last that much since I can't get the 8GB RAM upgrade - or if the MBP's 800p screen is really too short of real estate.

What do you say? which one would you pick?

Neither one...MBA has lots of problems and the MBP you get last year technology ...I mean the base model have 5400rpm HD..Get a Thinkpad or Asus..I have the MBP and is substandard at best.

[masterchef341]

The MBA doesn't have any serious issues, unless you are trying to run windows. If that is the case, you should consider an alternative.

[ZaZ]

I didn't have any overheating issues when I had an Air earlier this year. I'd vote for the Air. The MBP is too heavy for a 13" notebook. With the Air you get a WXGA+ LCD and the ULV CPU is more than enough for most uses.