Why I Returned the Retina Display for a Macbook Air

Macbook Air

Update: I decided to purchase a 13″ Macbook Pro with Retina Display when it was released by Apple towards the end of 2012. You can read all about the reasons.

Less than two weeks ago, Apple released its new 15″ Macbook Pro with Retina Display. Like everyone in the technology space, I refreshed the Apple Store page every few minutes anxiously awaiting for it to open.

And then it did, and I immediately purchased the 15″ Macbook Pro with Retina Display hoping to get my hands on it within a few days.

I read a number of reviews about it, and as an Apple snob it didn’t take much to convince me that this would become my new machine. It HAD to be better, right?

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