Macbook Air Advice Will it?

[bc0508]

I am a windows guy I havent owned any apple hardware but itouch and ipad and just got a iphone for the wife.

I really like the 13 inch macbook air I was using it in the store when we got the itouch.

I am currently using a sony vaio laptop i7 8gb with 500gb harddrive extend battery.. Battery life stinks btw.

I use the laptop mostly for RDP to MS systems, Email chat and Word excel. Some photo shop editing. I am sure some apps I use are MS only.

I have been told parallels is the way to go for using MS only software.

Will 128gb get you very far or is the 256gb worth the extra 300 I assume I could a nice usb drive for my extra files I might want to take with me but then I have something else to carry.

I am looking for this to be my primary laptop since I will ebay the sony or pass down to one of the kids I am looking at replacing my MS stuff as they die with apple if this goes well.

I looked at the macpro in the store also. I liked the air for the weight battery life and the screen looked much better.

I will use this alot in low light in the bedroom when the wife watches tv.

 

[mpaquette]

128GB on a primary laptop is going to fill up pretty quickly. I'd definitely consider the 256GB model.

 

[mrsir2009]

Word, Excel, an Office Email Client and Photoshop are all available for the Mac.

 

[olemrboston]

save yourself the money of a larger SSD and just purchase an external hard drive.

In the end you are going to have a lot more space and money in your pocket.

 

[Xikum]

First off id consider how much money you will get for your Sony. I mean, the thing is an i7/8 GB laptop; is it really worth buying a whole new MacBook Air just because you like it?

If you do go for it, then personally I would get the 128 and use an external HDD for things like music/etc. Saves $300.

 

[JMies419]

save yourself the money of a larger SSD and just purchase an external hard drive.

In the end you are going to have a lot more space and money in your pocket.

+1 this is what I plan on doing. No reason to pay for the extra SSD when external hard drives are so cheap now and files can be easily transfered if need be.

 

[ajohnson253]

+1 this is what I plan on doing. No reason to pay for the extra SSD when external hard drives are so cheap now and files can be easily transfered if need be.

I have to agree, I have the 256GB air, I still have an external. Just because, why not. They are cheap, portable.