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Hey HN. I'm looking for a light, powerful developer laptop which I can use for android, robotics (FRC), java, and web development. I'm mainly a windows user so I naturally looked at some ultra books. The one laptop which really attracted me was the Thinkpad X1 Carbon. After looking into it, I went to place my order and found out that even if I ordered today, it would only ship out of their offices on the 27th of this month. I need a laptop before the 20th so I can use it in the robotics competition I am attending.

Looking around I found that the Mac Book Air had exactly the same specs as the thinkpad and cost slightly less.

My question is this: Should I get the MBA and make the switch to apple products (I've sparingly used them and have been a windows/android user my whole life), or should I look at alternatives in the windows ultra book area?

Any advice is greatly appreciated, Thank you.