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I just bought the base model Air. No issues with the RAM thus far, but know that the disc space is going to be an annoying limitation. Will swap it for the 512GB model in the next week or so.

Absolutely stunning computer though - first time back to Apple for over 8 years for me.

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Same, especially if you're planning to use it for normal consumer uses as well. Photos and videos take up a lot of space — even moreso if you have an iPhone and use iCloud Photo Library and the Mac Photos app.

I bought the base model Pro to try, but 512GB looks like a must for me going forward.

I use iCloud photos a ton and my old 128GB Mac's disk is constantly full just from the non-removable thumbnails for iCloud photos, without any actual photos on my local machine.

I've been fighting disk space issues with my Mac for the past five years because I was short-sighted and only got the 128GB disk. This time I went with 1TB, not making that mistake again.

You can move your photo library to an external SSD.

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