The MacBook Pro with Retina Display is the more powerful computer, but the MacBook Air packs plenty of punch for most regular consumer use.

Both computers cost a pretty penny, though, so you’ll want to closely examine your needs before throwing down for one of them. Wrap-upĪpple markets the MacBook Pro to professionals, while the Air is the company’s consumer-level laptop.

The 256 GB version of the Air will set you back $1,400. The higher-end 13-inch Retina MBP (with 256 GB of storage and a 2.6 GHz processor) costs $1,700. The Retina Pro’s price drop has it starting at only US$300 more than its skinnier compatriot. The Air is cheaper, but not by as much as it used to be. Service providers cannot order parts for Obsolete products,” the company said.The Air is cheaper, but not by as much as it used to be “Apple discontinues all hardware service for Obsolete products, with the sole exception of Mac notebooks that are eligible for an additional battery-only repair period. However, once an Apple product has not been distributed for sale for seven years, it is considered “Obsolete”.Ī product being called “Vintage” means it is about to die and ones that are “Obsolete” are pretty much dead and done with. Service and parts could also be available for a maximum of seven years for a device depending on their availability. For all devices currently available in the market, Apple offers both services and repair parts for a minimum of five years after a product is last distributed for sale. To understand exactly how Apple classifies its Vintage devices, it is important to understand the repairability clauses. Additionally, it gets harder and harder to find repair parts for older devices making it hard to keep them in working condition. Understandably, most devices do not age well and its components and shipsets cannot keep up with the newer software requirements.

As Apple explains on its support page - “Products are considered vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than 5 and less than 7 years ago.”

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