Macbook Air second thoughts. PLEASE RESPOND.

I just recently purchased a MBA '11 64 GB, so far I love it but I'm scared about the storage. I'm a college freshman and I'll be using it mainly for papers and maybe powerpoints and of course web browsing, twitter, facebook, and a little recreational use. Am I good on storage or did i make a bad decision? Please someone respond, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'll be using it mainly for papers and maybe powerpoints and of course web browsing, twitter, facebook, and a little recreational use.
You will never fill up the internal drive with papers and such. What will fill it up is a large media collection: music, photos, and video, or a large collection of software such as games. Media files can be stored on an external drive, but of course, you have access to them only when the drive is attached. Games and other software generally have to be stored on the internal drive.

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I spend a good deal of time working at my home, where I have two external monitors (one via USB, one via the thunderbolt port) and a bluetooth wireless mouse and keyboard. Things are great.
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I will open up my MBA and the trackpad and internal keyboard are unresponsive.
Do four things to test for fault on this,
reset SMC ,
reset NVRAM,
uncheck "put hard disks to sleep"
and UNPAIR both your bluetooth mouse and keyboard from this Mac that you are using with it currently.
yes, the notion that your logic board is at fault is extremely unlikely, additionally (though far more likely) that your Mavericks OS is corrupt.
RESET SMC
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Note: The LED on the MagSafe power adapter may change states or temporarily turn off when you reset the SMC.
RESET NVRAM
Shut down your Mac.
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Turn on the computer.
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Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
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Let your Mac go into sleep or close the lid for a few mins. and reopen and verify that your trackpad and mouse are fine. They should be after this,.........
If not contact Apple for full in shop diagnostic, theyll run a hardware test (unlikely causation) and reinstall the OS, then retest and LASTLY replace the logic board (very unlikely).

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This is Jan and i purchased macbook air 11 inch 64 gb ultrathin laptop 2 months back. i use this laptop for watching youtube videos or occasional skype chat with family and friends and each day i dont use my laptop for more than 4 hours.
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5) Note that because the INF file is modified the driver is no longer correctly signed. You will see a warning to this effect, and you should select to install the driver anyway.
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Good Luck!

That is one heck of a post for a newcomer here. Your instructions worked like a charm, with one exception:
When uninstalling the Broadcom Device, I had to check the box to delete the driver, and then had to scan for new hardware to get the device to show back up. Then I was able to load the edited driver software.
I am not complaining, but very grateful, as I was pulling my hair out on this one.

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