Well from the "experts" on here and other sites, everyone says so.
This is my issue. I want to get a 15" Air and I want it to grow with me and last me for a good decade! My Windows laptop has lasted 8 plus years and it was a fairly cheap laptop), so I'm assuming this is not impossible for a Mac to do?
I just feel like if I order the base model, I'm going to be cheating myself somehow and I'm confused on what to do. I feel like I'll be getting less of a computer, than if I upgrade to 16/512, suck it up and pay the extra $400 for those two upgrades. I would much rather save the $400 but I just feel like that wouldn't be appropriate with regards to my plans.
I'm not a pro user by ANY stretch of the imagination. I'm mainly on websites all day (10+ Chrome tabs), yea I'll try Safari and see how that works for me as well, social media, playing music, watching videos/movies, occasionally I'll use some of the native apps that come with the Mac, I'll download software and use for sure as well (nothing pro like) just basic stuff (Plex, Zoom, etc). I'm going to be continuing to run my Plex media server off of my Windows laptop, so I'll just be using the Plex app on my Mac to access files over my network. That kinda stuff!