[hkarthik]

I love my Retina MBP. I had a 13" Air before.

The Air was great for most things but too many tabs or certain websites with intense Flash movies or Javascript would send the fans spinning and really make it churn. This rarely happens on my rMBP.

Also I spent close to $1800 for a top of the line 13" MBA. My rMBP is the base model and cost me about $2200. I feel it was easily worth the $400 difference.

The rMBP is heavier though, and sacrifices some portability. A retina MBA with more power to avoid the chugging would be my first choice if it were available.