Pro vs Air. Which one to get?

I will be attending college this coming fall and I plan on getting a new laptop but after having problems with my windows I have decided to take the plunge and get a Mac.
I am deciding between the 13 inch Pro and 13 inch air. I will not be doing any video editing or anything super major on it just the regular stuff like papers, reports, powerpoints, browsing the internet, Netflix, music downloading, etc. Also which route should I go for memory?
Also apologizes if this is the wrong section to post this in:)

Both are great. And both are very portable. I just switched from PC to Mac last week and struggled with the same choices you are considering: a 13" Air or a 13" Pro w/retina. I bought the Pro and am loving it. It weighs half of what my old 15.6" PC laptop weighed and is a breeze to carry around. The Air is thinner, but they weigh almost the same thing (the Air is around 3 lbs. and the Pro about 3 1/2 lbs.). Both do exactly the same things and work exactly the same way. The advantage of the Air is ridiculously long battery life. The Pro, on the other hand, has an incredible screen display. One thing I did, that you might want to do too, is go to an Apple store and look at them both side by side. Look at the screens from different viewing angles, and pick them both up; hold them in your hand for a minute and see if the weight difference matters to you. Another thing I strongly recommend is getting Apple Care protection, and if you live near an Apple Store, get the One-to-One also. I live too far from an Apple Store to be able to go in for One-to-One, but wish I could because the difference between a PC and a Mac is pretty huge. I've only had mine a week now, and the more I discover, the more I believe Apple's operating system (Mavericks) is a billion times better than Windows 8. I am thrilled that I made the switch and I'm sure you will be too.

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