MBA 13 (2018), 128 storage, 16 ram or MBP 13 (1,4 ghz; 2019), 256 storage, 8 ram?

[Marinier]

Considering the same lowest available price (here in me country) of 1600 USD for both, what option would be best and future proof if I’m not a video or photo editor, but I browse 15-20 safari tabs at the same moment, make notes, use messengers:

1. MacBook Air 13, 2018 year, 2 cores, 128 GB storage, 16 GB RAM
2. MacBook Pro 13 (1,4 GHz) 2019 year, 4 cores, 256 GB storage, 8 GB ram.

 

[FlyingDutch]

the MBP is better in any single aspect.

 

[Marinier]

the MBP is better in any single aspect.

Except the fact that usual workflow eats 4 gb of ram at start, and 5-6 with real work. 3-4 years and I feel I will experience the same issues as now with my MBA 13 mid 2012 with its base 4 gb of ram( this is now the only bottleneck and reason to try to choose a new mac( but MBP 13 1,4 GHz with 16 go here equals in price to MBP 15 with base 16 ram, 6 cores, 256 stock and a dedicated GPU . So here is why I’m stuck in my choice.

 

[SantaClawz]

Macbook Pro has better speakers, better screen and better overall shape, because it's even thickness all around, while Macbook Air gets thinner as you reach the front.

So it's not only ram and hard drive difference. But yeah the 16 gigs of ram is nice, that's for sure.

 

[FlyingDutch]

Except the fact that usual workflow eats 4 gb of ram at start, and 5-6 with real work. 3-4 years and I feel I will experience the same issues as now with my MBA 13 mid 2012 with its base 4 gb of ram( this is now the only bottleneck and reason to try to choose a new mac( but MBP 13 1,4 GHz with 16 go here equals in price to MBP 15 with base 16 ram, 6 cores, 256 stock and a dedicated GPU . So here is why I’m stuck in my choice.

I can't comment on your usage, but browsing the web and taking notes with 8 Gb will be fine for the next 10 years.

 

[Lyrca]

I feel like the MacBook Pro option is more balanced than the Air you are looking at.