MBA 13" 128GB or 256GB SSD?

[ItHurtsWhenIP]

True. Given that I'm getting the high end 13" with 256GB and 8GB RAM, the i7 extra cost is not much.

However I'm just trying to justify it. Maybe if I can, I can do a better job convincing my parents that it is a worthwhile upgrade.

That's what I went with, i7/8/256...it's incredible. My use is undoubtedly different from yours, but I couldn't be happier with the combination of power, speed and battery life of the machine.

If anything, I feel this machine can make it 3-5 years easily thanks to the extra upgrades. Your parents might respond posirively to that logic.

 

[ioannis2005gr]

^^^^More Storage by all means, unless you will be doing heavy Photoshoping or something similar. For my heavy lifting I have a SoupedUp Mac Pro with 24GB of RAM. My MBA is an 11" with 4GB of RAM and is fine for the light work I use it for.

My BIG mistake was to buy it with only 64GB of Storage. I had planned to use a 3.5" external drive for my programs and such when I was on the road. A BIG mistake on my part. I have since replaced the internal SSD with a 480GB Transcend JetDrive. Problem solved and I am now happy

Again, 4GB will be plenty for the average MBA user.

Lou

Thanks Lou.