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12-06-2011, 10:00 AM

Jeff Campbell

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How Much RAM is Enough For You?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/...gb-of-ram/16742

"Here's a question that I've been asked a lot lately in one form or another: Do I really need 8GB of RAM?"

I have 4GB of RAM and it seems to be enough for my 11-inch MacBook Air, but I don't do a lot of graphics intensive stuff on it. What are your thoughts on this issue, what is the perfect amount of RAM or should you just get as much as you can afford regardless of need?

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12-11-2011, 12:52 AM

encece Mystic Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,632		My Motto: Max it Out! __________________ iPhone 4, 21.1" iMac, AppleTV2, iPad 2 (16GB Wifi) Follow me on Twitter or at http://www.nickcornaglia.com

12-12-2011, 03:25 AM

Michael Knutson Contributing Editor Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 498		I'm in the "Max it out" crowd ... 4GB on my MacBook Air, and 8GB on my MacBook Pro. My late and lamented 27-inch iMac had 8GB, although OWC claimed that 16GB would work. That being said, this works for me as long as RAM stays affordable. ( I remember back in, oh, 1977, when I worked at The Federal Reserve Bank in SF and 1/2 megabyte of memory for a mainframe system was about $100K. ) __________________ "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." Albert Einstein

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