I'd definitely go for 8gb of ram if you plan on running Windows a lot, but my 4gb MBA performs well enough; it'd just be nice to have the extra. The processor speed is not as important, in my non-professional opinion, and the storage depends on how much you'll put on the drive. Windows itself takes up about 20gb, between the operating system and room for any applications you'll want to install, though of course even that will vary from person to person.
The 13-inch has larger function keys across the top, the arrow keys are larger, and it includes an SD card slot for extra storage. Aside from that and the weight/battery someone else mentioned, the two are identical in terms of feel, ports, and so on. Remember that it is likely that Apple will bring out a new line of Airs in a few months, so if you can, maybe wait for that. You can then get a new one, or a current one at a lower price, assuming Apple sticks to its recent patterns. On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:10 PM, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Either the 11 or 13 inch will be perfect for what you need. Really, the only > gain from the 13 is some extra batter life and much more weight to carry > around, I'd go for the 11 personally, unless the 13 has something you > specifically need. > > It would be very highly advisable to upgrade your RAM, in terms of > performance. Unless you don't use it very much, and don't mind using external > storage, I would also upgrade the SSD. It is not that important to upgrade > the processor, though doing so will get you some extra speed. > > The Apple wireless keyboard is an alternative, but it doesn't have a power > button so you'll always need to use the built in keyboard for that. It is the > same, standard, Apple keyboard you always get now, same size keys, no numpad > etc Must admit, I don't use my VM as much as I thought I would, but when I > do, it runs faster than on any Windows machine > > Cheers > Dave > > On 2 Jul 2014, at 21:54, Juliette <jmswi...@samobile.net> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I am looking at purchasing a Mac book Air 13-inch model with 256 GB haed >> drive. I am planning to run windows via VMware fusion. Would it be necessary >> in this case to do any or all of the following: >> 1. Upgrade the hard drive to 512 GB? >> 2. Upgrade the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB? >> 3. Upgrade the processor from 1.4 to 1.7 GHZ? >> I also have one more question. Is the Apple wireless keyboard that we use >> with iOS devices the same one that Apple sells as a full-sized alternative >> to using the laptop keyboard on the Mac Book? >> Thanks in advance for any help with this. >> Juliette >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
