Yupieehhhh!
a ram thread.
Havent seen one of those in a while.
And the usual suspects will recommend:
- get more ram, u cant get more later
- u can never get enough ram, get it now!
- its 'just' 200,-
- your macbook will be almost immediatly obsolete if you dont get 16gb ram
Ram is like a medieval wifestale, the holygrail of performance, a myth of computers longlivety.
This goes back to the computer stoneage where ram has worked wonders at times.
Today the truth is:
Your macbook will not last longer because you get 16gb of ram.
The reason: A computers performance does not just depend on ram but on all factors.
If you dont make use of it now you wont need it later.
If you get 16gb you also have to get 1tb ssd, a quadcore 15" and of course max out the cpu.
That just might make it last a bit longer if it doesnt break.
We have a mac mini and mba haswell both with 4gigs ram at home.
My rmbp with 8gb beachballs more often than the mba with only 4gb.
The mba is much snappier.
Why you might ask?
Because the rmbp has to lift the retina. The ram is irrelevant.
Is 16gb ram overkill? Not for everyone of course.
Some people need it. But they need it now! If you dont need it now u wont need it later.
If you dont know what to do with your money get more ram. Y not?
You could also just spend it on strippers. Y not?
You could send it to me. I take it of your hands. (And then spend it on strippers)