Can MacBook Air serve as my main and only machine?

I'm planning to buy a MacBook Air as my MAIN and ONLY machine. But I was wondering if it will work out or not. Ill be surfing the web, YouTube, Facebook, photoshop, a little bit of music NO gaming... What do you guys think?? Also is 11" worth the portability over the small screen?

Considering that the current range of MacBook Air models are almost as powerful as the desktops of a generation or two ago - which were more than adequate for the vast majority of users - there is no reason that a MBA cannot be an only system. However, it would be wise to esnure that you opt for a model with 4Gb RAM (thus, not the base 11" model) and ensure that you also select one with a suitably large drive capacity. The SSD can be upgraded later if you run out of space, but the upgrade is expensive.
You would probably also be wise to add an external optical drive for those occasions you have need of one, since you won't have another system who's drive you can share from the MBA, but almost any external USB optical will work, so you're not tied to Apple's Superdrive offering.
You might also find that the 11 or 13 inch screen is a bit too limiting, so an external monitor might be worth considering. For this you'll need not just the monitor, but also the appropriate (preferably DVI) mini DisplayPort adapter.
I really like the portability of the 11" MBA, but for a sole machine, I think portability is less important than screen size, so if deciding to go this route, I'd pick the 13" model with 4Gb RAM and 256Gb SSD. It wouldn't be the ultimate in performance, but still remarkably capable.

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Macbook Air has ultrafast 8 second boot from SSD
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