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Doju
Jan 14, 2009, 05:34 PM
I'm thinking of buying a 1.6 Rev B, but for Photoshop, Firefox, maybe iTunes and Pages, will 2GB DDR3 be enough?


andreab35
Jan 14, 2009, 07:08 PM
I have a 1.6 Rev. B and I have the programs that you are stating.
They run perfectly fine on my MBA.
Good luck! :)
DoFoT9
Jan 14, 2009, 07:09 PM
that will be perfect for you! as long as you arent editing such&such gigapixel images bahahaha.
Mactagonist
Jan 14, 2009, 07:30 PM
Like most things on the MBA, it is enough for average to slightly demanding usage. But just barely!

4gb would be nice, but 2gb is enough for the vast majority of users.
coupdetat
Jan 14, 2009, 07:49 PM
People have been doing the tasks you mentioned since 256mb was the standard. So, yes, you'll be fine with eight times that much.
gamer2502
Jan 14, 2009, 10:33 PM
2 gb should be just fine i do some final cut express on my macbook that has 2gb ram and it runs it just fine so if 2gb can handle video editing it will handle your tasks fine:apple:
Canada Chas
Jan 26, 2009, 11:46 AM
2 gb should be just fine i do some final cut express on my macbook that has 2gb ram and it runs it just fine so if 2gb can handle video editing it will handle your tasks fine:apple:

Is it even possible to up the memory to MBA to 4GB? I thought it maxed out at 2 GB.
shadowmoses
Jan 26, 2009, 02:01 PM
Is it even possible to up the memory to MBA to 4GB? I thought it maxed out at 2 GB.

Maxes out at 2 the RAM is built into the motherboard. 2gb of RAM is enough for most users but if your planning to run a few intensive apps together then forget it the baby is going to choke.
Just make sure you keep the amount of apps open down and 2GB will get you a long way.

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Pixellated
Jan 26, 2009, 02:02 PM
Is it even possible to up the memory to MBA to 4GB? I thought it maxed out at 2 GB.

Soldered.
Canada Chas
Jan 26, 2009, 03:16 PM
Soldered.

I want to use it as my primary business machine but running parallels in coherience mode. I have 4 GB in my Mac Pro (at home) and it works flawlessly, then again it has 2 Dual COre xeon processors in it too.
dehory
Jan 26, 2009, 03:22 PM
Is it even possible to up the memory to MBA to 4GB? I thought it maxed out at 2 GB.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=591252

:(
spaceballl
Jan 26, 2009, 06:22 PM
I'm on a MBP w/ 4 gigs of RAM and I do too much multi-tasking to step back down to 2 gigs. I really want a MBA though so I'm hoping the next update gives 4 gigs...