Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:45 pm
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As in buying aircraft, It really depends on your mission statement.
If you are a power user, that needs to do lots of heavy computing, e.g. Lots of big spreadsheets, big power points or graphics programs, then the Air might struggle to cope with it. The onboard memory is also not very big. If this is what you need, then go for the MACBook.
I've had a MacBook Air for the past 4-5 years and it does what I need it to do.
I have a big collection of photo's and music - which I copy onto the Air as I don't have 100% trust in the cloud. I want a copy that I can walk away with.
I occasionally work with several mid - large sized spreadsheets- and I find that these eat up the available RAM, meaning that I have to close some of the spreadsheets before I can work on other large files. Not a big issue, but something I have had to learn to manage.
So in short, I am happy to accept the above mention (minor) limitations - as a trade off for the light weight, long battery life and instant start up (of the SSD). If I was a heavy power user, I would go for the full size MacBook.