Been offered a trade for my macbook pro :o

[Pigeon]

Hello all, long time lurker first time poster

Been offered a brand new macbook air (11 inch, 1.4c2d, 2gb mem, 64gb flash) for my Macbook Pro (13 inch, 2.26c2d, 2gb ddr3, 160gb hdd) which i purchased around October 2009.
So what i'm asking you experts is if this trade is worth doing? Am i going to notice any condsiderable changes in power? For use in the move i don't think the screen size will make much difference and if i work on it at home (which is rare) i mostly hook up another monitor anyway.
Its mainly for monetary value aswell, is this trade fair?

Thanks in advance

 

[budafied]

FYI: The *brand new* macbook air model you listed was $849 on eBay the other day. With a 10% coupon, most (including myself) were able to get it for $765 with $17-$34 in eBay bucks. So keep that in mind. I'm not saying they'll have a similar sale, but you should just know that this person probably got it for $700-$750.

Is it a fair trade? I would say yes, assuming you don't need the cd drive and would prefer a smaller and lighter mac. The value of the macbook air is most likely higher than your mbp. That said, many think the 11" Air is grossly overpriced.

 

[Pigeon]

Cheers for the response
The trade is actually with my brother and he wants a new laptop. He asked me for some recommendations and i said mac of course.
He hasn't actually bought the laptop yet, but he will qualify for a student discount.
In regards to the 11inch being way over priced, can you recommend a model which seems more bang for your buck? I'd have no problems in giving him my laptop + X amount of cash for the Air

Thanks

 

[fishmd]

Most would recommend the 13" MacBook Air with the 1.86 Ghz/ 4 Mb RAM option and 128 GB hard drive. That seems to be the most "bang for your buck." However, you can get this for for even less than the 50$ off he would get with his student discount if you get it in the Apple refurb store.