HI, I need some help to make the right choice. I want to get a new MacBook. Specifically the new Air.
For the last 4 years I've been using a MacBook 4.1 with 4GB RAM.
I want to buy a basic MBA 13 with 8GB RAM but ...
Living in Argentina (right now) is a bit complicated. I've been thinking about buying a Mid 2011 MBA here at a reseller but it is quite difficult due to government restrictions.
I've found several international vendors that sell goods here and here are my options (the MBA 13 Mid 2011 official price in Argentina is well over U$ 2450
MBA 13 128GB SSD 4GB RAM: Vendor 1) U$ 1535
Vendor 2) U$ 1699
Vendor 3) U$ 1899
MBA 13 128GB SSD 8GB RAM: Vendor 1) N/A
Vendor 2) U$ 1850
Vendor 3) U$ 2049
Obviously Vendor 3) is out of the equation but here is my problem. Worth the money to spend $ 1850 for the 8GB RAM or is it preferable to spend $ 1535 and stick with the 4GB RAM?
Or I can buy a MBP for the same money (1535) and later upgrade to 8GB RAM but I'm not very comfortable with the 5400 RPM hard disk (how old tech is this one)?
Main use is we browsing, mail, pages, some keynotes and numbers, Aperture and almost none PS, iTunes, etc.
Ideas? Recommendations?
Ars
For the last 4 years I've been using a MacBook 4.1 with 4GB RAM.
I want to buy a basic MBA 13 with 8GB RAM but ...
Living in Argentina (right now) is a bit complicated. I've been thinking about buying a Mid 2011 MBA here at a reseller but it is quite difficult due to government restrictions.
I've found several international vendors that sell goods here and here are my options (the MBA 13 Mid 2011 official price in Argentina is well over U$ 2450
MBA 13 128GB SSD 4GB RAM: Vendor 1) U$ 1535
Vendor 2) U$ 1699
Vendor 3) U$ 1899
MBA 13 128GB SSD 8GB RAM: Vendor 1) N/A
Vendor 2) U$ 1850
Vendor 3) U$ 2049
Obviously Vendor 3) is out of the equation but here is my problem. Worth the money to spend $ 1850 for the 8GB RAM or is it preferable to spend $ 1535 and stick with the 4GB RAM?
Or I can buy a MBP for the same money (1535) and later upgrade to 8GB RAM but I'm not very comfortable with the 5400 RPM hard disk (how old tech is this one)?
Main use is we browsing, mail, pages, some keynotes and numbers, Aperture and almost none PS, iTunes, etc.
Ideas? Recommendations?
Ars
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