Which is better mac book air or mac book pro and why?

Answer 1

It depends on what you want. The Pro does a lot more than the Air. The Air can't hold as much Memory at all. But the air is extremely light. The Pro weighs a little over 5 pounds.

The Air is basically a "Netbook" on steroids. It's mainly for people that travel "a lot" and doesn't need a large capacity HD for storing stuff, powerful enough processor to get the job done, and light enough to be able to handle it in the field for long periods. It was made to get the most Battery life it could get. The hard drive is solid state (SSD) so it's much faster, (use's no moving parts, less battery use).

It has the full features of a "standard" computer but the draw backs of a limited accessible computer. It has no CD/DVD player so you need an external DVD player to access a CD/DVD. It has a NON-user replaceable battery that only Apple is able to replace at it's "Normal" end of life. It has a more expensive and "smaller" (by todays standards) SSD hard drive. The Ram is NON-expandable. You can't decide later to add more Ram to it. It's soldered in at the factory.