Ah, the MacBook. Aluminum unibody construction. Amazing AppleCare Protection Plan. Blazing fast performance. An amazing ecosystem of programs. Design language synonymous with iPhone and iPad. Free operating system updates. The list of positives goes on and on.

But while there are a lot of great reasons to buy an Apple laptop, which model should you plunk down your cash for? Let's see if we can help you decide.

Currently there are only two flavors of MacBook: Air or Pro. Apple used to have a white, straight-up Macbook, but it was phased out years ago. All MacBooks have gorgeous full-sized keyboards and sizable, all-glass trackpads. And they all feature glossy screens that provide nice color saturation but not so nice outdoor glare.

You do have a choice of three different screen sizes, however, and a ton of accessories in which to customize your new Mac. The three screen sizes are 11.6 inch, 13.3 inch and 15.6 inch.

The MacBook Air comes in the 11- and 13-inch varieties. These sizes perfectly balance portability with workability. In fact, despite merely just 2 inches larger than the iPad Air, an 11-inch MacBook Air is infinitely more usable.

MacBook Air's and Pro's also get above average battery life, which is perfect for streaming online video or editing a photo album on the go. Besides screen size, the main differentiators are mainly weight, power and price.

Both versions of the MacBook Air feature integrated graphics which boosts battery life while providing good performance for light media creation abilities. A MacBook Air isn't the best option to play games on, though. Combined with the so-so graphics performance, the paltry dual-core processor just won't cut it. But when lightness and travel portability are key hardly anything comes close to challenging the Air.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro also sports various Intel dual-core processors. But they are significantly faster. You can also have up to 16GB of RAM and a one terabyte hard drive installed in the machine. The Air supports up to 8GB and 512GB respectively.

The 15-inch Pro steps up to an i7 quad-core processor. Advanced Nvidia graphics options are available. And since the screen is bigger the resolution of 2880x1800 eclipses the 2560x1600 resolution found in the 13-inch Pro. Don't even get us started on the glaucoma-like MacBook Air displays! They aren't even Full HD!

So are you in the market for a new laptop? Would you ever consider buying a Mac? Trust us doing so doesn't automatically make you a hipster. Either way, let us know in the comments section below.