Had 8gb on my 2011 because of these threads. The 4gb in my 2012 has been more than enough. Go for the 8gb if you need it, but if you don't then just enjoy what you have.
The max RAM on the 2011 Airs was 4GB.
Had 8gb on my 2011 because of these threads. The 4gb in my 2012 has been more than enough. Go for the 8gb if you need it, but if you don't then just enjoy what you have.
OS X Mavericks is introducing technology that actually reduces the need for more RAM, so I don't know that that axiom will prove true any longer. Early reports in this from Mavericks users are favorable.
Also, with Maverick coming out soon, will I need the extra ram? Thanks!
I hate these "4GB or 8GB" threads more and more each time. And the reason why is..I'm scared that I'm going to regret staying with the 4GB model. If I could I'd go with 8GBs to be safe but Best Buy doesn't carry it. I do have the option of getting the 13" rMBP but I'm really liking the air.
...battery life could be impacted by having more RAM...
Lastly, tech specs have hit a wall in the computer industry so I think in the future you'll start seeing software that is more efficient with limited resources.
Specs are not getting bigger and faster. They are getting smaller and more efficient.
My new one week old 13" 4gig is flying along using parallels and with my new wifi ac time capsule backups are super fast.
My new one week old 13" 4gig is flying along using parallels and with my new wifi ac time capsule backups are super fast.
Have you experienced hangs or lag with parallels?
According to this forum, and the endless questions about 4 gig vs 8 gig, lots of people go with 4 gig. So, no, 8 gig should not be standard. 4 gig is perfect for people who use an MBA like a Chromebook.8GB should be standard. This is 2013. It probably costs Apple $20 to add it. I have a rMBP with 16GB, and it's probably been overkill 98% of the time, but even just light usage i'm around 4GB already.
According to this forum, and the endless questions about 4 gig vs 8 gig, lots of people go with 4 gig. So, no, 8 gig should not be standard. 4 gig is perfect for people who use an MBA like a Chromebook.
OS X Mavericks is introducing technology that actually reduces the need for more RAM, so I don't know that that axiom will prove true any longer. Early reports in this from Mavericks users are favorable.
Which is why that is the std config for MBAs.4GiB is the bare minimum today.
Says who, other than you?A computer is supposed to last at least 3 years.
People know the RAM cannot be upgraded after purchase. If they don't like this, they should buy it with 8 gigs or buy something else.No laptops should be sold with less than 8GiB RAM when soldered.
So many pronouncements. Wow. I'll take thin over having to make room for a socket.In fact, it should NEVER be soldered.
As far as I'm aware the only thing being introduced is compression of inactive memory, and this is unlikely to have a significant effect.
According to this forum, and the endless questions about 4 gig vs 8 gig, lots of people go with 4 gig. So, no, 8 gig should not be standard. 4 gig is perfect for people who use an MBA like a Chromebook.
Yes it should. I already said it. Go ahead and justify your 4gb purchase, but you messed up. Enjoy your page outs.
You are ASSUMING I bought 4 gigs. You are wrong. This exchange was about what the DEFAULT amount of memory should be, a FACT you clearly missed. YOU messed up.
Default should be 8GB. Less than 8GB you're GOING to have page outs. Enjoy those RESTARTS. Sorry, my CAPS LOCK keeps getting RANDOMLY stuck.
Read the first two sentences in my post.
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Have you experienced hangs or lag with parallels?
Yes it should. I already said it. Go ahead and justify your 4gb purchase, but you messed up. Enjoy your page outs.
1. yeah, by having more ram, you could positively affect battery life (in the case of intensive tasks requiring swap, you will reduce the chance of requiring swap).
As far as negatively affecting battery life (as in powering the DIMM?), good luck determining how much.. maybe less than 1%.
2. Tech specs have in no way hit a wall. Sure clock speeds fluctuate a little but clock speeds aren't everything. The big companies are trying to sell the "app" (win 8 apps, apple store apps etc) but most traditional software are still requiring more and more 'specs'.
2.5. While it looks like they're still listing requirements as 3ghz cpu, 2gb ram etc, these are just ballpark estimates for what these companies see as their market reasonably using; a 3ghz p4 is probably not sufficient.
You should read over the Mavericks DP threads. Users there are reporting much better memory management. My point is due to these changes in Mavericks it will need less memory than say Mountain Lion and not more, so the old axiom about successive OS updates always requiring more memory does not necessarily hold.
Well, flash memory is just as efficient as RAM. So if you are talking about old school HDD you would be correct.