Should I get a Macbook Air, or a regular Macbook?

[hcho3]

Well..
Macbook is white, and you don't see many of apple products in white these days. I am sure that counts for something. It will make your iPhone 4 users jealous because their phones are not white.

 

[Jay42]

If its your primary computer: definately a macbook

If its your secondary portable machine (ie you have an iMac or something), go with the air.

I think you'd be best off with a 13" MBP with an SSD and possibly a HD where the optical drive is (Optibay). For your main computer, you're going to need lots of storage as well as flexible I/O, so the MacBook is a better bet.

Taken from Andy Ihnatko:

The Air is all about ultra-mobility. When you buy one, you’re willfully making sacrifices to get that feature. The ability to travel with your whole media library and all of your apps isn’t as important. Being able to run high-performance apps to the very best of their abilities isn’t as important. You’re also willing to trade a few hours of battery, an optical drive, Gigabit ethernet and high-speed Firewire.

The “MacBook Air, or conventional MacBook?” question is actually pretty simple, come to think of it. If you’re on the fence, then the answer is “get a regular MacBook.” If your reaction to the preceding paragraph was “Yes, so?” then you’ll be very, very happy with the Air.