Macbook Air 13" 2015 4gb RAM is enough?

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Dawnopolis Author

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Macbook Air 13" 2015 4gb RAM is enough?

Hello AppleWorld

I'm curious to buy my first mac but unfortunately india dont have MBA 8gb model,

so I'm going for 4 gb will it be enough? Its 2k16, I am a WED DEVELOPER and also

professional CAD designer actually I'm not gonna use much of CAD stuff on it

or if I do so on Windows will it run CADs ?☺ Thanks Anyway

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 3, 2016 8:50 PM

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Carolyn Samit

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May 3, 2016 9:04 PM in response to Dawnopolis

I have a MacBook Air with 4GB's of RAM. I run multiple apps simultaneously without any problems but I'm not using CAD. It never runs slow no matter how many apps I have open.

According to this site > https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-for-mac/troubleshooting/caas/sfdc articles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-for-Mac.html#macmodel

4GB's of RAM is recommended.

https://www.apple.com/support/macbookair/new_user/

For design and development it would be easier on the 13" if it fits in your budget.

Congrats on your first Mac!

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May 3, 2016 9:04 PM in response to Dawnopolis

I would suspect it will do fine albeit probably a bit slow, but for sure I would check the minimum requirements of the IDE or CAD software you intend to use.

More memory is always better, especially true since OS X Maverics due to memory compression rather than disk swapping, but the requirements of the applications will certainly prevail in any decision you make

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