Is the Macbook Air 2013 worth getting for college?

I am going to college and i need a notebook that is durable but also has a good amount of storage for word processing and projects.

Maximilian993 wrote:
Can you really tell the difference with the i7 and the i5?
Only by comparing the two side-by-side. You are not likely to notice any difference otherwise.
The reason for recommending those upgrades is that neither one can be changed later. I'd say 4 GB is sufficient but merely so. More RAM makes a Mac more likely to be compatible with future OS upgrades. 4 GB will certainly be enough for the time being though.
The MBA's flash memory tends to mask the effects of too little RAM, meaning a 4 GB Mac with a spinning hard disk may appear to bog down under high memory demands, whereas a 4 GB MBA will not.

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