Will 4gb and Lion questions?

[jw3571]

I'm curious as to what people's thoughts are regarding ram and the new Lion operating system. Will 4gb be enough ram? I'd hate to buy a MBA and then find 4gb isn't enough.

 

[naujoks]

I'm curious as to what people's thoughts are regarding ram and the new Lion operating system. Will 4gb be enough ram? I'd hate to buy a MBA and then find 4gb isn't enough.

TWO GB will be enough.

 

[wordoflife]

You should be fine. I doubt they would not support Lion on products that were just released a few years ago. Also, most lower end Macs are shipping with 2GB minimum. Before they shipped with 1GB (which was fine for Leopard) so I think you will be fine.

 

[Zackmd1]

TWO GB will be enough.

Exactly! I don' think that apple will showcase lion running on the macbook air if it wouldn't be able to run it! http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/ look at the pictures.

 

[efirmage]

Especially with many of the new features being more 'iPad' like, and hopefully more optimization, it should run quite well on lower spec systems.

 

[hcho3]

Mac os lion looks like it will need good ram to run. 2 gb should do the job fine, but I recommend 4 gb

 

[rrl]

Please, don't get less than 4GB. Think of RAM like a wine glass and you'll always be prepared.

 

[T4R06]

Lion should be much faster and efficient than SL..

Remember when SJ introduced lion he also introduced the new MBA. So that means they are aware with the new MBA..

 

[gwsat]

I'm curious as to what people's thoughts are regarding ram and the new Lion operating system. Will 4gb be enough ram? I'd hate to buy a MBA and then find 4gb isn't enough.

I echo the advice you have received here. To summarize: (1) even 2GB of RAM should be enough for you to run your apps as well under Lion as it has been under Snow Leopard; (2) although only the most demanding apps should need 4GB of RAM to run well, you never know what the future will hold, so spend the $100 and get 4GB of RAM. It would be the cheapest insurance you ever bought.

 

[rnelan7]

This is good news to read since I just ordered a MBA with only 2gb.