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notaddicted on April 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: MacBook Air is enough for a work machine

It is easy for the comparison to come out either way depending on personal preferences because the specs are pretty close.

I did the exact same assessment as you 4 months ago and bought the MBA 13" because a) I cared about the high-res screen more than the processor speed, and b) I only expect it to last 2 years so 4GB RAM is enough (insofar as you can ever have enough RAM.)

stcredzero on April 28, 2011 [–]

so 4GB RAM is enough (insofar as you can ever have enough RAM.)

If you're doing lots with VirtualBox or VMWare, then 4GB isn't quite enough. 6GB is pretty comfortable, though.

aaronblohowiak on April 28, 2011 | [–]

I have the tiny MBA and the 4gb ram is only an issue when I am doing ruby development. Also, I pretend that ie doesn't exist ;)

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