MacBook Air 1.4ghz i5 vs i7 for my mom

Hi,
I am helping my mother pick a laptop.  She currently has a very old eMac which she only uses about half the hard drive space.
I am thinking the MacBook Air will meet her needs.  She has test driven both sizes and prefers the the 13 inch.
I am considering the 128GB version since she really only uses it for mail and internet surfing.  I want to upgrade the ram to 8GB because from my experiences more is alway better in the long run.  Do you agree?
However, I am not sure about the i5 vs i7 processor. Will the speed increase be at least or close to a 14% increase in price for the applications she uses?
Also, could upgrading to an i7 processor mean that the laptop will support more OS upgrades than the i5?

Agree about upgrading RAM to  8 GBs.
I see no reason for the i7 processor. The machine is fast enough for your mother's described needs. The i7 is overkill.
Upgrading the CPU will have no impact on future OS upgrades until Apple stops using that line of processors in favor of new ones.

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