My ~2012 MacBook Air finally bit the dust. Last Monday I was using it, and the screen was flickering. Then suddenly I smelled something burning, and the screen stopped working. Took it to an Apple Store, and they did diagnostics on it...essentially they can't really do anything to fix it, but I can take it to a 3rd party shop. They charge $85 plus anything to actually fix (if it is a blown circuit it might be as little as $30, but for a new motherboard would be $$$).

Anyway, I'm looking at the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and can't really tell what the difference is, other than the ~$200 more for the Pro. Costco currently has them on sale (through Friday, but this seems to recur rather often), Air for $1049 and Pro for $1249. These are both 13.3" screens, about the same as my old machine.

Out of the two, which would you get, and why?

I might still take the old machine to the shop and see what is wrong with it. If it is something cheap, I can get it fixed and have it as a spare. I'm really impressed that it lasted about 10 years.