I can upgrade my MBP's ram to 8GB, but what good does that do? and how future proof does it make it?
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I can upgrade my MBP's ram to 8GB, but what good does that do? and how future proof does it make it?
I can upgrade my MBP's ram to 8GB, but what good does that do? and how future proof does it make it?
People who have to ask are rarely in need for 8GB ram. 4GB is more than plenty for most people.
The average MBP owner probably wouldn't feel the difference between 2 and 4GB RAM. You already need to USE quite a lot of Apps to make use of 4GB. The important thing being to actually use them because if you only switch between 2-3 open apps and have some others running in background you will not feel any page outs.
If you are asking, maybe it's not needed yet. Memory prices will only go down.
Use resource monitor to see how much is in use/free for common tasks. IMHO, you only need 8GB for some high end apps and virtual machines.
I totally disagree with this, my uses of my computer are very average however I noticed a nice spike in performance first going from 2GB to 4GB and when prices fell even more to 8GB. My use of my MBP is 90% internet use, the other 10% MS Office type stuff, in other words as mundane as it gets.
Agreed. if you need to ask if you need to upgrade or not then the answer probably is not.
I can upgrade my MBP's ram to 8GB, but what good does that do? and how future proof does it make it?