I already have a 2011 11-inch MBA w/4 GB of RAM and I'm happy with it. I wish to upgrade to the 2012 Ivy Bridge MBA ($1,099 base model) for its superior battery life and gaming performance. I'll be selling the old one. For the new one though, I can't decide if I should get the Core i7 upgrade (from a Core i5-3317U to a Core i7-3667U) or 8 GB of RAM instead of the stock 4 GB. I can't do both upgrades due to budget restrictions.
I use the device for the following things:
- Work (all the work stuff runs in a Windows 7 VM, it's mostly just Outlook, RDP, vSphere Client and PowerShell stuff)
- General computing (web, music, movies)
- Gaming (anything it can handle -- which is a lot more than you'd think
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I feel like the Core i7 upgrade might yield better results for gaming, while the added RAM could be useful for running my work VM, but then again, it runs smoothly on the 2 GB allocated to it. Or perhaps neither of those upgrades is worth it and I should just get the stock model? Anyway, if I get an upgrade, I'm leaning toward the Core i7, but I thought I'd get some opinions anyway, just in case I'm missing something.
Edited by Shub - 6/24/12 at 1:43pm
I use the device for the following things:
- Work (all the work stuff runs in a Windows 7 VM, it's mostly just Outlook, RDP, vSphere Client and PowerShell stuff)
- General computing (web, music, movies)
- Gaming (anything it can handle -- which is a lot more than you'd think
)I feel like the Core i7 upgrade might yield better results for gaming, while the added RAM could be useful for running my work VM, but then again, it runs smoothly on the 2 GB allocated to it. Or perhaps neither of those upgrades is worth it and I should just get the stock model? Anyway, if I get an upgrade, I'm leaning toward the Core i7, but I thought I'd get some opinions anyway, just in case I'm missing something.
Edited by Shub - 6/24/12 at 1:43pm
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