Mac book air 13" vs. Mac book pro (with or without retina)

craholtz

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My wife's Windows computer breathed it's last breath today. Everyone in this house has a Mac Book or iMac except my wife. Now I will get her a Mac. Question is do I get the Mac Book Air (13") or maybe the Mac Book Pro (without retina). She uses Word, Excel, surfing the web, e-mail, and she's heavily into genealogy which means lots of photos and pdf.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Craig
 

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She only saves photos from her iphone to her computer. She gets photos from others and scans photos into digital images as part of her genealogy.
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What about storage? Should I increase it to 256 or 512 GB? Also, do you recommend upgrading to the i7 core? Any other suggested upgrades?
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Craig
 

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What about storage? Should I increase it to 256 or 512 GB? Also, do you recommend upgrading to the i7 core? Any other suggested upgrades?
Thanks,
Craig

The storage depends on how much she needs. As far the processor, from what you've described it sounds like the i5 will be plenty enough.


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