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Do you really need more than 8GB of Ram on a 13in MacBook Air? (alien.top)
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I am going to be purchasing a MacBook in January and have pretty much decided on the 13in Air but do you really need 16GB of ram? It will be used for School Work, Gaming and Photo editing.

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[–] Stashmouth@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would go for the 16 over 8, but also understand that MacOS doesn't manage RAM the same way Windows does. You could give yourself unneeded anxiety if you're one of those Activity Monitor hawks without understanding the difference between the two.

[–] ScaryBluejay87@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Could you elaborate a bit on that please? I’m curious what the difference.