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From: Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
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Subject: Re: Who is going to buy the first Arm (M1) MacBooks?
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:48:01 -0000 (UTC)
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In message <rohp6m$181$1@dont-email.me> Alan Baker <notonyourlife@no.no.no.no> wrote:
> On 2020-11-11 2:22 p.m., Lewis wrote:
>> In message <B5ednfUswZo00DHCnZ2dnUU7-LudnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>> So, who is going to buy the first Arm (M1) MacBooks? ;)
>> 
>> I am ordering a MBA as soon as I decide if I should increase the RAM or
>> not. It will be mostly for my wife who almost certainly doesn't need
>> 16GB, but I am torn.
>> 
>> 

> Spend the money and get the 16GB.

> You're buying a machine to last the next 5 years or more. The extra RAM 
> will cost you (I'm in Canada) about $250CAD, so that's $50 per year to 
> ensure the machine has what it will need for the latter part of its life.

That is what I ended up doing. With the EDU discount it's $1100.


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