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Macbook pro i5 or macbook air i5?
Im going to buy a laptop for my birthday but cant decide between 2 ive had both a mac and windows before and much prefer the mac os so please dont suggest any windows laptops. Anyway the 2 ive narrowed it down to are the macbook pro i5 500gb hardive and the macbook air i5 128gb flash storage i would mainly be using the laptop for video streaming typing up documents and causual internet browsing. I probably would use more than 128gb but could purchase a external harddrive is the flash storage really alot faster or not much difference? The prices are roughly the same so which one would be better for me?
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- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes, flash or SSD is waaaaaaay faster. The 7200 rpm hard drive went out on my 13" MacBook Pro and my dad put a flash drive in. It boots up much, much faster and applications open up 4 times quicker. I don't see the spinning beach ball anymore. Get the MacBook Pro with an SSD if you can afford it or install it yourself. If my dad can do it, anyone can.
- Anonymous8 years ago
The macbook air will have the speed of the flash storage while the MacBook pro uses a faster i5 chip than the Air. You will also get more battery life from the pro. The Air uses an i5 3317u with a tdp of 17w while the pro uses a 3210m that has a 35w tdp. The 3210m will be capable of more demanding applications.
- 8 years ago
If you want to a thin laptop then buy a macbook air i5.
Otherwise you can buy Macbook Pro i5. (Its better than macbook air i5)
Thanks.
