Dell to Mac

So, I'm going to switch over to a mac sometime soon. I currently own a Dell XPS that I plan on returning. My hopes are to get a Mac device. Since I'm going to mainly use it for school, which one should I get? I'm thinking about getting a Macbook Air seeing as it's smaller than the others and would be easier to carry around. I do have a few questions about the gaming capabilities though, would it be able to play games like Minecraft, Runescape, or Diablo 3? We have a Desktop, but it would be nice if I could continue playing games efficiently on a laptop. Those are the main games I play, along with browsing the internet. I guess what I'm really asking is how does the performance compare between the macbook air and a macbook pro. I'm also curious about it's audio-recording capabilites. I have two inline microphone headphones, the apple earphones and my Skullcandy headphones. Would I be able to record audio with it and hear the sound from the OS at the same time?

Oh, my budget would probably be around $1,500 - $2,000.

 

1, the Air games the same as any ultrabook with ULV CPU and the intel integrated GPU. no D3 will not work without stripping most settings to minimum.
2: the 13" MBP games the same as its equivelent CPU/ intel4000 GPU counterparts., the 15" with the 650m again games like a 650m

as per the audio question, the Macs use a single port for in/out. if you want a mic in and headphones out you need an adaptor or USB soundcard.

 

Senseless! last I heard they shoot rainbows from the vents and spread hate being doing that

and yeah all that she said

 

I'd definitely recommend the Macbook Air for you.
All of the games aside from Diablo 3 it should play without much of a hassle.
You might have to tweak some setting to get the FPS you want in Diablo 3 though.

 

it basically just depends on what type of performance you expect in 3d games, particularly for Diablo.