The MacBook Air and the Retina MacBook Pro are portable, beautiful and high-performance laptops. But there is a £250 price difference between the two types of MacBook. Find out what you get for your money in our MacBook Pro vs MacBook Air comparison review. MacBook Pro vs MacBook Air benchmarks, specs, features and buying advice.
The MacBook Air and the Retina MacBook Pro are portable, beautiful and high-performance laptops, but there is a £250 price difference between the two types of MacBook. This is the PC Advisor MacBook Pro vs MacBook Air laptop comparison review, which will help you understand which of the two types of MacBook is best for you. Our colleagues over at Macworld UK have done a more Apple-focused piece comparing the two Apple laptops which you should check out too: MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro review. Also read our MacBook Air 2014 review.
Both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have recieved small updates in 2014, reducing the price of both line-ups and also giving each model a little spec boost. We expect Apple to release bigger updates for its MacBook ranges next year when Intel’s Broadwell chips become available.
MacBook Pro vs MacBook Air comparison: build, design, portability
The differences here are small but may be significant. Both MacBook Air and MacBook Pro are stunningly built and finished devices, but the 2014 11-inch MacBook Air is 490 g lighter than the lightest Retina MacBook Pro, at 1.08 kg. While the MacBook Air gives the impression of being slimmer, it’s still 1.7 cm at the thickest point, just a millimeter different. (See also: What’s the best laptop you can buy in 2014?)
The 2014 13-inch MacBook Air model is probably a fairer comparison, and that weighs in at 1.35 kg, just 220g less than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina. The 2014 13-inch MacBook Air weighs the same as the 2014 model. Let’s take a closer look.
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