[JT Hatter]

Get the 15 inch Pro. You’ll love it.

[miliantnutcase]

What size was your Dell? From experience most people don’t like dropping in screen size, even if the resolution is higher.

[mm427]

Check the gays sites, they use apple products

[Yosemitest]

Depends on how you are going to use it.
As you get older your vision becomes less accurate and a 13 inch is more appreciated.
But if you're moving around a lot, the lighter weight and smaller package is an advantage.
How do you plan to use it, and how long before you plan to replace it?

[SecondAmendment]

I’d go with the largest screen I could afford, and get an I7, not an I5

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Can’t help you decide, but I’m running a 15 inch MacBook Pro bought about 4 years ago. Still running Leopard on it. Runs like a champ, I reboot every month or two whether I need to or not.

Unlike a Dell / Win 7 at work which has to be restarted at least once a day, the same as every other Windows machine I’ve ever had. By the time they are 18 months old, the OS just craps out and the apps crashes all the time. No amount of AV, anti-adware, registry cleaning, drive optimization, etc, etc fixes the problems.

[itsahoot]

Apple announced two new MacBook Airs Monday Nine and Twelve hour battery life.

[Revolting cat!]

Buy a small screen Mac Pro (13’’) and then hook up a $159 non-Apple 24’’ monitor. Also, Apple is coming out with new improved models of Macs, which means the current ones will be available at a discount, small one, as is Apple’s custom, but discount nonetheless.

[quimby]

Do you need an internal Optical (CD/dvd) drive? The macbook air has no optical drive.

[AZLiberty]

My wife has the 11” Air, and I use it sometimes. I think the screen is too small, so I would highly recommend at least the 13”. But then I use a 27” iMac.

[Drago]

Why not a 13 inch Air? That is what I have and I love it....fast boots with SSD! The new Airs announced Monday get even longer battery life.

[InvisibleChurch]

The bigger the screen the bigger the LOL Cats.

[mass55th]

I’m using a 15” MacBook Pro and love it. My last laptop was a 13” iBook. Had it for years, and it was still working when I gave it to my oldest son to sell on eBay.

[RoadieFan]

Save yourself a little money, and buy a REFURBISHED Mac. Apple guarantees them the same as the new ones, but they are usually quite a bit cheaper. Refurbs are all i buy....and I have been buying macs now for a looooong time. AS we speak, the PowerMac G4 sitting behind me is serving out Quicktime Video files. It is 12 years old. And runs 24/7/365.

[Clarence Boddicker]

Get the larger one, but get the cable adapter to send your video out to HDMI and use a big screen TV for a monitor.

Thanks for joining the Mac community.

[donozark]

Airbook 11" here. Purchased right after they became available-Nov. 2010. Excellent piece of equipment. Fast boot/shut-down time. Small-for travel. I don't watch DVDs on it so no need for such. It replaced my iBook from 2005..

The screen is small. However, you can get used to such. At the time I got it, many of the small handhelds were just not that dependable in terms of getting connected to net, maintaining such connection, etc. I would make a list of all the needs that YOU have. Then pick out, say 2 models and write down all the haves/have-nots to determine which will work best for you. Good luck!!

[Yosemitest]

Here's the NEW

MacBook Air is more capable than ever —
and now you can enjoy up to 12 hours of battery life on the 13-inch model
and up to 9 hours on the 11-inch model.
The 11-inch starting at $999 and the 13-inch starting at $1099."

[Ol' Sox]

I've been in the IT business for 35 years and currently work in support of the Product Development group for a giant software corporation. A geek's geek, if you will. I work in a variety of Operating Systems due to the nature of my work. Had more laptops than you could shake a mouse at. Basically, I can use any device I want and have for a long time.

I'm writing this on my 15" Macbook Pro. Best laptop I've ever had. It runs on an Intel i7 chip, is beautifully engineered, and had a really nice monitor and keyboard. I run OSX but I also have partitions running XP and Windows 7 for testing. To me, its like driving an Audi. Worth the extra bucks.

[central_va]

I bought a MAc Book Pro. My wife stole it so I cant tell you if it is nice or not.

[devolve]

- Ask Apple about the dreaded little colored spinning disc of death that freezes up a brand new Macbook PRO laptop….