Comment on MacBook Pro 15 inch Review 2011 by gxcad.
@tamar6666 Its significantly better in my opinion to get the standard 15 inch over a maxed out 13.3. I was a student too and the portability difference between the 13 and the 15 is not too great either.
But to be honest, unless you need massive amounts of processor muscle, I’d go 13 inch macbook air if I were you. As a student the biggest burden for me was weight. And since macbook air uses SSD standard, they will be much snappier than you may think when looking at the specs.