Hi, I agree with David's comments below.
I would absolutely upgrade the RAM. The SSD upgrade depends solely on your use case. Can you split both the Mac and PC data in that size? If not, upgrade. I'm not sure what the value added is for the Apple BT keyboard. It's about the same size as the Air keyboard, minor size differences between the 11, 13 and BT. But for me, they all feel the same. I do concur that any Air will do you well. Best, --k On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:10 PM, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Either the 11 or 13 inch will be perfect for what you need. Really, the only > gain from the 13 is some extra batter life and much more weight to carry > around, I'd go for the 11 personally, unless the 13 has something you > specifically need. > > It would be very highly advisable to upgrade your RAM, in terms of > performance. Unless you don't use it very much, and don't mind using external > storage, I would also upgrade the SSD. It is not that important to upgrade > the processor, though doing so will get you some extra speed. > > The Apple wireless keyboard is an alternative, but it doesn't have a power > button so you'll always need to use the built in keyboard for that. It is the > same, standard, Apple keyboard you always get now, same size keys, no numpad > etc Must admit, I don't use my VM as much as I thought I would, but when I > do, it runs faster than on any Windows machine > > Cheers > Dave > > On 2 Jul 2014, at 21:54, Juliette <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I am looking at purchasing a Mac book Air 13-inch model with 256 GB haed >> drive. I am planning to run windows via VMware fusion. Would it be necessary >> in this case to do any or all of the following: >> 1. Upgrade the hard drive to 512 GB? >> 2. Upgrade the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB? >> 3. Upgrade the processor from 1.4 to 1.7 GHZ? >> I also have one more question. Is the Apple wireless keyboard that we use >> with iOS devices the same one that Apple sells as a full-sized alternative >> to using the laptop keyboard on the Mac Book? >> Thanks in advance for any help with this. >> Juliette >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
