[Poll] Which Portability Laptop would you buy?

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<p><a href="http://strawpoll.me/1745166"&gt;http://strawpoll.me/1745166&lt;/a> <--- VOTE HERE, List is pulled from Reddit /r/suggestalaptop sidebar</p>

<p>Which laptop is the best in terms of price to power ratio?</p>

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<p>None of these. A Retina Macbook Pro is light enough to be portable but has a great screen and above average battery life (I get 9-10 hours). Yes, the Air is lighter and gets 13 hours, but the screen is pretty bad. To me that is a big deal, so I went with the Pro. I’d wait until they improve the screen or just get a rMBP.</p>

<p>Also, this should go on College Computers!</p>

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<p>Oh sorry, I’ll post one in that section</p>

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<p>The screen is not bad on a MacBook Air. The Retina screen is better, but I have a pre-Retina MacBook Pro and the screen is by no means bad. It’s actually very good - better than the screens on most other computers IMO.</p>

<p>Still, though, for undergrad I would probably get a Retina MacBook Pro. It’s only 3.46 lbs.; I think the 13" Air is only one pound lighter. You do get the 9-10 hours of life (and Apple’s life estimates are very good. My 2012 MacBook Pro gets 5-7 hours of life depending on what I’m doing with it, and that’s how much the estimate was).</p>