That model of the MacBook Air typically shipped with a spinning hard drive. 4200 RPM only, so not much help for performance.
You can replace that hard drive with an SSD, but not so simple to find the 1.8-inch SSDs.
OWC.com has good SSDs to replace the hard drive.
As you can't upgrade the memory, faster storage is your best choice, and will make a noticeable difference, regardless of the version of OS X that you choose to install.
You can replace that hard drive with an SSD, but not so simple to find the 1.8-inch SSDs.
OWC.com has good SSDs to replace the hard drive.
As you can't upgrade the memory, faster storage is your best choice, and will make a noticeable difference, regardless of the version of OS X that you choose to install.