Engineering Software on MacBook Air, help?

Hey there! I want to buy a new laptop easy to travel with (because I'll be taking it to college everyday) and people keep telling me I should a MacBook Air because it's light and it does everything. Unfortunately, I'm concerned about:
1. I need to install several programs in there, some of them heavy as well as the projects coming from them.
2. Compatibility with Microsoft Office/Microsoft Programs
Here are some of the programs I would have to install so you can get the idea:
Silverlight 4/Microsoft Expression Encoder 4/Visual Web Developer Express Edition/Microsoft Expression Studio 4/Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Illustrator/Adobe Audition/Sound Forge Pro 10/Netbeans/JavaFX/Oracle SQL developer
+ more video editing programs/3D modeling software...
Fortunately I can customize it. So the best I could get would be a MacBook air with:
2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.2GH
8GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
512GB Flash Storage
Will it be able to run these programs fast enough? I don't want performance problems since I really need to use it for college.
Waiting for opinions. Thanks!

For Mac compatibility you should check the appropriate web site. You do appreciate you will have to buy the Mac versions.
If you already own windows software, you have the option of creating a windows partition and installing the existing sw on that volume.
The MBA you are considering is very fast.
Does your college have a computer store where you can do some hands on testing? Alternatively visit an Apple store and try out some of the display models to get an idea of how they run.

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