narf
Sgt. Maj. Buzzkill
Personally I would get the entry-level 13" MBP and shove an SSD in there, instead of the silly overpriced MBA.
A lot of ^
But mainly it depends on what you want. Sometimes you just want an Air and are looking for reasons to justify it :lol:
On the shoving-an-expensive-SSD-into-a-cheap-old-laptop... once you get a new laptop you can stick that SSD into the new one, so it is not an investment into that old laptop alone.