THIS IS THE BEST VALUE OFFER if you are looking for an ultra portable laptop, which can still let you do some work! Trust me, nothing else exists that does what it does currently - allow me to elaborate:
So I wanted a machine with 8GB of RAM(because Chrome eats RAM), smooth performance(let me do my productivity work, surf with multiple tabs and YouTube videos open, make minor corrections to my photos etc.) that was thin and light!
I did not find a single windows machine that offered these specs(i5, 8GB, 13.3 inch, ultra thin and light and long battery life) in this price range. The closest was the HP envy 13, but they are selling the 4GB model for 65K+. Which was outrageous!
Could not find the 8GB version for the above(and similar offerings from Dell etc.) easily online - nor in stores. Basically nothing was available that could offer me these specs and portability at this price point!
Even if I buy a license of Windows 10 and install it via boot-camp(I wont - cause I am not wedded to Windows for my apps), it will still cost me less than the 8GB version of windows based laptops from the likes of HP!
So it made absolute sense to buy the Macbook Air over the competition.at 61K that I paid for it, it has the specs that I wanted(some might find the 128 GB SSD a little low, but I don’t, as external HDD’s are cheaper than ever and I use streaming music and movie services, so I am only saving my documents, apps and photos; which are also backed up on Ext HDD’s and cloud services) .
Consider this - this is better built, looks stunning(turns more heads in a cafe, than the HP or Dell XPS will ever do) and costs less. And trust me, Mac OS X works like a charm - I have tried it for the first time, and I am at right at home.