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I have a 2010 Macbook Air with 2GB of RAM and i use it all the time.
I have mountain lion running and i can run several apps at the same time with no issues.
If you do some video editing and heavy photoshop use - i suggest you get the 11 Inch with 4GB of RAM.
if however, you will use it for light duty stuff - the 2GB 2010 13 Inch will do.
see image below of what i have running in the background with my 2010 13 Inch Macbook Air with 2GB of RAM

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Comments
Case
Cooler Master HAF X
PSU
Silverstion ST1500 (1500W)
Motherboard
Asus Rampage IV Formula
CPU
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CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011
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Crucial Technology M4 256GB
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HD1
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CC
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After Effects
Preferences Heading
Setting
Set to/
Showing
Comments
General
Allow Scripts to Write Files and Acces Network
Ticked
Don't think this has anything to do with it, but it is something I changed from the default values.
Previews
Adaptive Resolution
1/8
Show Internal Wireframes
Unticked
Zoom Quality
Faster
Color Management Quality
Faster
Previews/GPU Information
Fast Draft
Available
Texture Memory
1115MB
Maximum allowed
Ray-tracing
GPU
OpenGL version
2.1.2
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OpenGL Share Model
3.0
CUDA Driver Version
6.3
CUDA Devices
4
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1150MB
CUDA Maximum Usable Memory
1500MB
Display
Harware Accelerate Comosition, Layer and Footage Panels
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Media and Disk Cache
Enable Disk Cache
Ticked
Maximum Disk Cache Size
60GB
Cache Folder
C:\AEcache
Conformed Media Database Folder
C:\AEcache
Conformed Media Cache Folder
C:\AEcache
Write XMP IDs to Files Import
Ticked
Create Layer Markers from Footage XMP Metadata
Ticked
Video Preview
Output Device
None
Auto-save
Automatically Save Projects
Unticked
Memory & Multiprocessing
Installed RAM
16GB
RAM reserved for other applications
6GB
RAM shared by AE
10GB
Reduce cahce size when system is low on memory
Unticked
Render Multiple Frames Simulatenously
Ticked
Only for Render Queue, not for RAM Preview
Unticked
Installed CPUs (processor cores)
12
CPUs Reserved for other applications
6
RAM allocation per background CPU
1.5 GB
Acutal CPUs that will be used
6
Other Options
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OFF
Fast Preview
Adaptive Resolution
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Renderer
Classic 3D
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I have also gone and updated every driver, especially the motherboard chipset and the Sata Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver.
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Any other suggestions?
Many thanks in advance!
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http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-faq/differences-between-ipad-3rd -gen-early-2012-models.html
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