Hi Lisette, To the honest if you can, max out the ram and the processor, the maximum the air will take is 8gb from memory and the faster processor will help you if you're wanting to run power hungry apps like VMWare fusion, or edit large audio files. At least, it's certainly helped me. You will indeed notice a big improvement over the 2011 MBP as the air has a solidstate drive so it will be fast in every respect. There'll be a lot of oppinions on faster processor vs, more ram, vs other things, but I'm just letting you know what I did and it's certainly helped a lot with my setup. I also maxed out to the 512gb SSD, so I could get the absolute best life out of my mac and so I didn't have to purchase another computer for a long time. (SMILE) Hope this helps. Scott
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling Sent: Saturday, 29 November 2014 2:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: up specking a new MacBook Air Hi folks, I'm thinking about purchasing the 11 inch MBA. Am I right in thinking that adding more ram will be more beneficial to a blind person than upping the processor from 1.4 to 1.7? Would 8 GB of ram be enough in the 11 inch, 256 Flash drive model? Does the added processor speed really make a difference if you're not using many graphics? Will I notice any improved speed from my 2011 MBP which is slow at opening programmes sometimes. It really gets expensive adding processor speed and ram. Any thoughts welcome. Also, like the other person, I really need simple instructions about how to clean my old Mac for a new user. I don't know how to get into the recovery petition and the thought terrifies me if I"m honest. Isn't there a simple Apple setting to restore to factory defaults like there is on the iPhones? Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
