16gb or 32 gb air,or should I just go for the 32gb mini with retina display

I am planning to get my 1st ipad,mainly used for study notes and some games but i cant choose between a 16gb air or the 32 gb version?
the 32gb version is kind of expensive,is 16gb enough?
not really going to use it for music
do IOS update take a lot of memory as the IOS 8 is coming soon,surely there will be a lot of updating

Based on what you describe, a 16GB iPad is probably adequate. A 16GB iPad, with the preinstalled apps and iOS, has about 13.5GB of free storage space. iOS 8 will require approx the same storage space as the current iOS 7.x.
16GB vs 32GB vs 64GB: Which new iPad storage capacity should you get?
http://www.imore.com/2012/03/08/16gb-32gb-64gb-ipad-capacity/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1867
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http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad-Tutorials/a/How-Much-iPad-Memory-Do-You-Need.htm
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