<p>If all else is equal specs wise, smaller is better at uni. </p>
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<p>So then rest your hands on a table and then tell me if there’s a difference of the weight of the feathers.</p>
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<p>I’ve felt the minimal weight difference and it doesn’t make the macbook air any more portable. That’s just the reality of it.</p>
<p>You clearly haven’t actually tried to compare the Air and Pro in real life, because the difference IS noticeable. By anyone.</p>
<p>Also, in case you didn’t know, a laptop weighs significantly more than a feather.</p>
<p>Turtlerock>. my D had a Dell Studio 13 xps (I think that’s the one you’re talking about). We had a horrible experience with that laptop. The DVD player stopped working on the second day and Best Buy had to give her a new laptop because they couldn’t get the dvd out. During the next year that same thing kept happening but, we were usually able to get the dvd out after multiple attemps. Then when the laptop was a year old and out of warranty I had to buy her an external DVD player because the dvd player wouldn’t release a dvd. A month after that we took it to get looked at because it was running slow and would not recognizing the battery. We had to keep it plugged in all of the time. The IT person we took it o said the motherboard was bad. What a piece of junk. We had other Dellls that were ok but, stay away from that particular model. Also, stay away from DVD players that don’t have a slide out tray. The Dell 13xps had a DVD drive that just sucked the DVD in, like the ones on a car. The tech at the Best Buy store told us that those types of DVD players often broke. The DVD trays that slide out usually have a spot where you can put in a paper lip to release a stuck DVD.</p>
<p>Gravity doesn’t just stop working once you put your hand on a table. Seriously, I wouldn’t get a macbook air myself but to deny the significance of the weight difference between it and the pro is insane.</p>
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<p>Thanks for trying to answer, Kvillemom, but the Dell Studio XPS 13 isn’t the same computer as the newly released (March 2012) ultrabook Dell XPS. It actually doesn’t have a DVD/CD drive at all because of the compactness. I know Dell service can vary overall, but I’ve purchased a Dell Inspiron 13 for my wife a few years ago now and there have been absolutely no problems so I wouldn’t mind giving Dell another shot.</p>
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<p>Take a physics class and then try to make statements like these. The normal force counteracts the force of gravity, because the force of the table your hands are resting on force your hands up at the same force gravity forces them down, so the net force is 0.</p>
<p>Your hand isn’t a single entity. In reality, the top of your hand does weigh something relative to the bottom of your hand.
This is getting irrelevant. Are you denying the significance of the weight difference between the macbook air and pro or not?</p>
<p>^Using that logic, a desktop computer’s heavier weight does not matter; in fact, if you were to lay it sideways on your desk and place the monitor on top of the sideways tower, it would take up the same amount of space as a laptop on your desk!</p>
<p>The weight matters for a college student because you will be carrying it EVERYWHERE. To the library, back from the library, to 4 different classes each day (or less, because certain classes might not need a laptop), to the dorms, to a study group location, to wherever your group is working on a project, etc…etc…etc…</p>
<p>The point is that even though 1 stationary lb is the same as 3 stationary lbs,. Moving 3 lb takes more effort than moving 1 lb.</p>
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<p>In my entire year at college I haven’t had to do any of those things you mentioned, I did just fine with my desktop in my dorm room.</p>
<p>^Yes, because your experiences generalize to everyone’s (sarcasm). </p>
<p>The majority of people will take their laptops with them.</p>
<p>OP: Get the 13 inch unless screen real estate is of utmost importance. 13 inches in fine for almost everything (except maybe video editing and gaming).</p>
<p>I own a 9 inch HP netbook (now three years old), a 14 inch Sony laptop (fully featured and now three years old), and I’ve just bought an 11 inch Macbook Air.</p>
<p>The difference in weight between my full size laptop and the Air is enormous. I hated carrying around my laptop (hence the netbook) because the weight was equal to several school books that I also carried. The difference between my Air and my netbook is less pronounced, but still there. The amount of space the netbook took up (while not as wide or tall, it is much thicker than the Air) compared to the Air was significant in my bag. </p>
<p>If you need maximum portability with minimal sacrifice of specs, then I recommend the Air (which works fine for most usages- word processing, internet browsing, card games). if you want a more fully featured laptop, get the Pro 13 inch. Or get a windows machine for more choice. The Air is my first Mac ever.</p>