[mikestew]

Once the SSDs became standard (or a reasonably-priced option, I forget), the Air hit its stride, I think. I had a 2010 that I did dev work on (iOS and Mac), and it was great with plenty of power for what I was doing. My wife still has a hand-me-down 2011 that works fine. Getting a bit long in the tooth, and she sees more beach balls than she should, but it does what she needs it to do.

I can’t imagine having to work with one with the old iPod drives in them. Those things were dogs what with a small amount of RAM and a severe penalty for hitting disk. But, hey, I’m glad it served your needs! :-)