BTO or Non-BTO

hellomms · 02:12 PM

Asking sticky from price / value perspective. I can afford either but is additional 4gb (No, I am not quoting from Apple and price is after GCs) in this case worth $200? If and when I decide to sell I'd be lucky to get half the additional amount I spent on ram

Scott6666 · Nov 3, 2012, 02:23 PM

Not that I understand where you get your pricing from if not Apple or what a GC is but...

$200 for 4GB RAM is twice what Apple seems to be quoting on their build site.

I am fine with 4GB ram except if I'm running multiple Virtual (Windows) Machines. But for $100 I'd get the extra ram.

TheRichboy247 · Nov 4, 2012, 01:50 AM

Get the extra RAM. It'll be worth it. I got 4 GB's because I purchased my MBA at a sale. I would have upgraded if I didn't.

silver8ack · Nov 5, 2012, 08:24 AM

For what it's worth, I just ordered a 13" with 8GB, 2.0i7, 256GB. For the sole reason of longevity. I've been using a 2007 iMac for over 5 years and that was a base model(added ram). So this should keep me for a while.

A Hebrew · Nov 5, 2012, 10:41 AM

With how big of a hog ml is, it is definitely worth the upgrade.

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Nov 3, 2012, 02:07 PM	#1
hellomms macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: NYC	BTO or Non-BTO Asking sticky from price / value perspective. I can afford either but is additional 4gb (No, I am not quoting from Apple and price is after GCs) in this case worth $200? If and when I decide to sell I'd be lucky to get half the additional amount I spent on ram Last edited by hellomms; Nov 3, 2012 at 02:12 PM.
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Nov 3, 2012, 02:23 PM	#2
Scott6666 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2008	Not that I understand where you get your pricing from if not Apple or what a GC is but... $200 for 4GB RAM is twice what Apple seems to be quoting on their build site. I am fine with 4GB ram except if I'm running multiple Virtual (Windows) Machines. But for $100 I'd get the extra ram. __________________ 13" MB Air i5 2011, iPhone 4S 64G, iPad3 4G 64, 27" i5 iMac (getting slow) \|\| basement museum: iPhone 1, Apple IIe, Mac SE, iPad1 3G 64 \|\| Apple Stock.
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Nov 4, 2012, 01:50 AM	#3
TheRichboy247 macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	Get the extra RAM. It'll be worth it. I got 4 GB's because I purchased my MBA at a sale. I would have upgraded if I didn't. __________________ I LOVE APPLE! MBA 2012 1.8GHz i5, 4GB RAM, 128 SSD. iMac 20" 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD
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Nov 5, 2012, 08:24 AM	#4
silver8ack macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2010	For what it's worth, I just ordered a 13" with 8GB, 2.0i7, 256GB. For the sole reason of longevity. I've been using a 2007 iMac for over 5 years and that was a base model(added ram). So this should keep me for a while.
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Nov 5, 2012, 10:41 AM	#5
A Hebrew macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Minnesota	With how big of a hog ml is, it is definitely worth the upgrade.
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