Just picked up the 13" MBA... have a question about formatting.

Hey guys/gals.

I've been anticipating for the new generation MBA however I picked up a used MBA (for a month; friend visited California from Mexico and didn't realize the keyboard layout was for US and not Mexico).

She offered it for me for $850 cash and I couldn't resist since the retail was $1599 before tax. (It's practically brand new)

Anyway, I read the guide above this forum "Complete Steps to Reformatting your MBA" as it could free up to ~8GB of HD space.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Complete_Steps_to_Perform_a_Clean_OS_X_Reinstall_on_Your_MacBook_Air

What I'm a bit confused is that the guide states you can reformat via
1) Remote Install using another computer's DVD drive
or
2) SuperDrive or some other USB-connected external DVD drive

I did a bit of research on google and the forum, it states if you have the newer MBA, the OSX is within the HD recovery partition ( https://discussions.apple.com/message/17280972#17280972 )

Is the method stated in the link above the same as the method(s) in the Macrumors guide on how to reinstall OS X?

Would like to free up ~8GB even though I'm on the 256GB HD.

Thanks guys! (BTW I'm in LOVEEEEEEE with the MBA!!!)

Awesome, thank you.

I also want to reinstall OSX because she has a lot of programs installed in Spanish and I'd like to have that piece of mind I'm starting fresh again.

Do I reinstall OSX mentioned here (https://discussions.apple.com/message/17280972#17280972) or would I need the DVD

Thanks.