How much space does osx lion take on hard drive?

Considering switching from PC (Lenovo u350) to Macbook Air. Money is an issue, but I'm weighing my options. Considering the 128 ssd version. Thoughts?

"The 128 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) should have a total of 121.33 GB of capacity."
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3127

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