Hello, Although you may be able to get a non retina display at this point I'm not sure that that is still the case. The Macbook Pro I have which is a 15 inch has a retina display and does NOT have a DVD drive in it so I bought their external DVD writer. I haven't needed it very much luckily. I say luckily because I'm not sure how good it is and how many burns you might get successfully with the product.
I also have a 13-inch Macbook Air which is a bit smaller (not surprising) but has a 512gb dasd drive in it. The MBP has a 768g drive. So I'd say the difference is going to be in terms of how much computer you need and how much do you want to spend on it. Either would serve you well I think so it's just a matter of deciding based on your funding and needs. BTW, Wendy did you ever live in Connecticut? I went to school with someone named Wendy and a last name similar to yours so I was wondering if you might be that person. If it was you I think you lived in New Britain. On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Randy George <george.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Wendy, > I hope you're doing well. I'm fairly new to the MacWorld as well, however, I > have quite a bit of experience working on them. I recently bought a MacBook > Pro for the 14 inch display (non-retina display) with a 1 TB hard drive and > eight gigs of RAM and it is absolutely wonderful. I've had It for nearly 6 > months already and haven't noticed one single slowdown. I personally prefer > the old style of RAM and ROM versus flash memory, which you will get on a > MacBook air. The MacBook Pro also has a CD-ROM drive, which the MacBook Air > will not. While most programs are electronic these days, There are some that > still come on CD-ROM. And if you have a collection of DVDs, and would like to > watch them on your computer, you would have to purchase an extra DVD drive to > watch them on a MacBook air. > I hope all this information helps, please feel free to write me off list if > you have any other questions. > Randy > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:37 AM, "Wendy Alling" <wendall...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I'm new to this list and have a question. Seriously thinking about purching >> a mac, but not sure what I should purchase. I'm looking at either a mac >> book air or mac book pro. What are the differences between the two? Is one >> better than the other? Any thoughts would be appreciated. >> Thanks, >> Wendy Alling >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
