Harry my daughter has the 13 inch model. It the smallest that I would use for web or photo work. Storage always get the largest especially flash drives that are made on to the motherboard.
You can use the i5 but is a light weight processor. http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Haswell-Core-i3-vs-i5-vs-i7-Which-is-right-for-you-475/ Photoshop even the lite version can be CPU intensive. — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > I am considering getting a MacBook Air to replace my 6+ year old Macbook pro. > I also have a fairly new iMac. I plan to use the Macbook air for travel. I > can get an 11" or 13". Aside from a larger screen the 13" has a SDXC card > slot. My camera uses an sd card for storage. Not sure I need this, what do > you think? > The computer will be used to update web pages while traveling (I maintain web > sites for several people and groups), do some basic editing of photos with > Adobe Photo Shop Elements, email, and some web browsing. > There are upgrades and I want to know whether I should get the upgrades. > All models come with 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor which, for $150 > I can upgrade to a 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz > Why should I do this? > The basic model comes with 128GB of flash storage / for an additional $200 I > can get 256GB of flash storage and for an additional $300 I can get 512GB of > flash storage > How much do I really need? > I am going to upgrade the Memory from 4GB to 8GB - $100. > What upgrades do you think I need? > Thanks. > Harry (who is befuddled by all the options available). > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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