2014 Macbook Air + guitar overdubs

Hello,
I am tempted to purchase the new 2014 Macbook Air (11-inch).
My question: will the machine be able to handle multitrack recording in Garageband?
Obviously disk space will be an issue, but that is ok. And obviously the 8GB ram upgrade would be beneficial, and a guitar > USB cable would be needed. But will I be able to have a few tracks of midi drums, and then create multiple guitar overdubs with low latency?
Or will the Macbook Air struggle with the work load?
I went to an Apple store yesterday and asked the question but the genius said the 1.4ghz processor would struggle and I should consider an i7 iMac!
If the Macbook Air can't handle it I'll just continue using my old PC which can. But I really want to make the jump to OS X if possible, because I love my iPhone and iPad.
Many thanks for your help.

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