Macbook air 4gb or 8gb?

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• chrisjr Posts: 33,282

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  02/03/15 - 11:56 #2

  Looking on the Apple web store the extra 4GB of RAM costs 80 quid to add. So if that doesn't put you off I would be tempted to go for the 8GB on the basis that you can never have too much RAM only too little
  
  And who knows what you might end up doing with the machine in the future that may need that extra RAM? And from what I understand you cannot upgrade the RAM after purchase as Apple don't use plug in modules on the Air.

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• grassmarket Posts: 33,010

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  02/03/15 - 12:29 #3

  I agree, my MacBook Air is 8Gb, if you are figuring to get 4-5 years use out of it it's best to go for more RAM.

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• ibatten Posts: 418

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  02/03/15 - 12:40 #4

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  You can't add it afterwards, and 4GB is rather marginal.

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• IvanIV Posts: 30,310

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  02/03/15 - 14:29 #5

  Are they refreshing MacBook airs in the near future? Because the resolution 1440x900 is laughable given the retina screen everywhere else you look. To your question, for what you need it 4GB should be enough, but who knows how RAM hungry the next OS will be. So personally I'd go for 8GB.

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• MassiveDynamics Posts: 661

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  02/03/15 - 14:48 #6

  IvanIV wrote: »

  Are they refreshing MacBook airs in the near future?

  
  Next week as part of the watch launch presentation is one rumour.

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• TheBigM Posts: 13,125

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  02/03/15 - 19:37 #7

  mizhog wrote: »

  I want to buy a MBA I wont use it for video editing or gaming at all. But just for downloading torrents, some office, watching occasional videos, surfing. Is 4gb sufficient or should i get 8gb?
  
  thanks

  
  
  Why the Air? You know you can get better ultrabooks for similar money?

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