We all like the MacBook Air. Well, most of us. I don’t. But if you’re thinking of getting one, and waffling between the HDD and SSD drives, go with the HDD. And don’t take my word for it, take uncle Walt Mossburg’s.
His crew ran a series of tests on a standard hard drive-based Air and on a solid state drive-based Air, and found the SSD doesn’t make that much difference in battery life. While it does cut the boot time down considerably, it’s moot when you take into account how fast a Mac boots anyway.
Bottom line: Is it worth the extra money? No way. Go HDD and get on with your life.