How Much SSD do I need

I am a kid, looking to buy his first MacBook Air, and I am wondering how much SSD am I going to need. I am very limited money, so I want to buy what's right for me. This computer is going to be used for personal and school work. I currently have a Windows PC with 37 gb in it, and I used 20 GB so far. I want to add more programs, and on my mac I want add programs such as Xcode, and Lion takes up 4GB. For school, I want to use it easily for video editing, projects, etc. I want a couple games or so on my mac, but I have an iPod Touch for that. I am not very extreme on games for my computer. Would 64 GB okay? Thanks

Your best option is to get the 64GB, then get yourself an external usb drive if you need to store more information.
You will definitely want a backup hard drive as well to back up both the internal SSD drive and the external USB drive.
Amazon, Newegg, and Frys all have good deals on external hard drives. I picked up a 320GB portable external Seagate drive for $39 from Frys today as an example.
You will want to keep at least 5-10GB of free space on your Air, so when you start to get closer to that number, get the external drive to store stuff on.

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