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Do you think there will be a MBA that will support 8GB
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They may add that as an option if RAM prices stay low. I'd expect to pay a pretty penny for it though.
... except, of course, those that do.Never, no one will ever need 8GB of memory
If you're doing that now, how much RAM do you have and what are your Page Outs, typically? The reason I ask is many are under the impression that they need 8GB of RAM, but when they look at real-time stats with Activity Monitor, they discover they're not fully taxing 4GB most of the time.
4GB right now. I'm pretty taxed as is and just keep enough open to know when I'm hitting the limits of swapfile activity.
I have never look at the chipset used in the MBA versus proposed Sandy Bridge, etc.....
I do know that 8 gigs is supported in the current MBP....
Form factor of the MBA is what I like and the res on the 11" if I recall is even better than the current 13" MBP.
It was just the memory that was holding me off...
I have never look at the chipset used in the MBA versus proposed Sandy Bridge, etc.....
I do know that 8 gigs is supported in the current MBP....
Form factor of the MBA is what I like and the res on the 11" if I recall is even better than the current 13" MBP.
It was just the memory that was holding me off...
The mba has the advantage that paging is extremely fast. You'll be much happier with the performance of an MBA with 4gb than an MBP with 4gb, unless you've replaced the boot drive with a very fast ssd.
Eventually sure. But considering 2GB is still the baseline, wouldn't count on it in the next update. I'd hope for the price they cost that 4GB will at least be the standard next time though. I'd really like a 8GB ram MBA as well so we can at least hope
I am guessing the next version will still be limited to 4GB. At most, they may make 4GB standard. However, the Air isn't aimed at power users. You might see if the next 13" Pro (rumored for a March 1 release) is any thinner or lighter than the current version if you need 8GB.
MacWorld conducted a "torture" test for the SSD and it did not experience any degradation. Good firmware does miracles
I'm certain that they will eventually, technology is always growing. The last time I built a pee cee, 4GB was still in the enthusiast range, and 512MB-1GB was standard in computers.