Is 8GB of RAM enough?

[ghsDUDE]

I'm looking at the middle of the line 13 inch rMBP.

I see it has 8GB of RAM and I plan on keeping this thing for 4-5 years.

I make some movies in iMovie, listening to music, surf the web, watch movies, and do documents.

Nothing really intensive, but it's between that for $1499 and the MBA for $1399.

I know the Air has better battery life, but the rMBP has better resolution.

Any advice?

 

[hummel003]

i would go for retina, that screen is amazing
as for the ram...8 will be enough, but i dont know if the retina also uses ram, so im going with 16 to be sure. that 200 dollars extra wont be the dealbreaker. It would suck more if u wish u had 16 but only had 8

 

[PDFierro]

There is really good advice on this same issue in another thread just a couple of links down.

 

[iphonehype]

I'm looking at the middle of the line 13 inch rMBP.

I see it has 8GB of RAM and I plan on keeping this thing for 4-5 years.

I make some movies in iMovie, listening to music, surf the web, watch movies, and do documents.

Nothing really intensive, but it's between that for $1499 and the MBA for $1399.

I know the Air has better battery life, but the rMBP has better resolution.

Any advice?

I would go for the Retina, the screen is ever so worth it! I got 8GB Ram on my Retina, and had it for 10 months. I have chucked so many applications at it and I have never seen it hang, or slow down......Worth it.....enjoy it

 

[kithytom]

if you use adobe, autodesk or other programs, I would say 16g is way better than 8g

 

[ghsDUDE]

With the Air now getting 15 hours of battery life...it seems like that's better (even though the screen resolution isn't as nice) than the 9 hour battery life.

 

[snaky69]

With the Air now getting 15 hours of battery life...it seems like that's better (even though the screen resolution isn't as nice) than the 9 hour battery life.

9 hours is more than an average person's workday. Unless you do very long airplane trips with no access to power, I don't see why you'd want any more than that...

 

[iapplelove]

i don't think 8gb of ram is enough these days

 

[PDFierro]

With the Air now getting 15 hours of battery life...it seems like that's better (even though the screen resolution isn't as nice) than the 9 hour battery life.

15 hours is definitely better than 9, but I would never consider the MBA. I like the Retina screen and the rMBP form factor/everything else that comes with having the Pro.