What's a better investment: SSD size or RAM?

[spellflower]

I'm shopping for a new MacBook, and I want it to remain functional as long as possible.

Given that RAM is no longer upgradable, I'm inclined to go with 16GB or RAM and 128GB SSD capacity. I figure I can always use an external drive for storage.

Or am I better off spending my money on a quad core MBP?


Are there other factors that I should consider?

 

[DaKKs]

There are no more MacBooks, mate. I think you're in the wrong forum. I assume you mean macbook air, correct?

Those can only go up to 8GB ram anyway.

 

[spellflower]

There are no more MacBooks, mate. I think you're in the wrong forum. I assume you mean macbook air, correct?

Those can only go up to 8GB ram anyway.

Semantics. To my mind, both the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air are subcategories of the larger category "MacBooks," which also includes the retired suffixless MacBook model.

But I see that the forum taxonomy works differently, so DaKKS, thanks for the catch!

Mods, please delete this thread.

 

[charles6980]

Another reply, anyway

Seeing that one is stuck with the RAM choice for the rest of the laptop's life time, it would seem wise to me to take as much as one can get. Apple's internal SSD drives can be replaced (though not entirely hassle-free if you do mind disassembling your laptop), and at a much friendlier price than Apple's.