I’ve been testing both laptops for the past few weeks, and while I don’t think there’s an easy answer for everyone, what’s impressed me the most is just how capable the tiny little MacBook has become. So I’ve been wondering: if I want to spend $1,299 again, which one should I get? And since the MacBook Air, still selling for $999, is woefully out of date - with a low-res screen that’ll look bad next to any current smartphone - $1,299 is essentially the starting price for a modern Mac laptop. Not only does the super-slim MacBook start at $1,299, but so does the new MacBook Pro. It’s now six years later, and Apple is hitting that pricing sweet spot again in a big way. And Apple had just dropped the Air’s price down to $1,299 - the same price I believe my original MacBook had cost. It was perfect timing: my last MacBook, the white plastic kind, had wiring literally sticking out of it after taking a spill. The last time I bought one was in the summer of 2011, not long after the MacBook Air’s first (and only) redesign.
