# MBP 13 or MBA 11.6

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mbp-13-or-mba-11-6/316250>\
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**Created:** [November 17, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mbp-13-or-mba-11-6/316250 "2010-11-17T00:01:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mbp-13-or-mba-11-6/316250/1 "2010-11-17T00:01:41Z")

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I need to buy a laptop.  
It has to run Bootcamp with MATLAB, SolidEdge and edit 100MB PSDs in Photoshop.

Will these laptops have better performance than my PC?  
\*\*PC, \*\*3.2GHz P4, 2GB RAM

**MacBook Air 11.6"** , 1.4GHz C2D, 2GB RAM  
**MacBook Pro 13"** , 2.4GHz C2D, 4GB RAM