Can i increase ram of my macbook air 2012 11".

can i increase ram of my macbook air 2012 11". I purchased it from apple premium reseller in neighbouring city, they didn't tell me there is a 8 gb model also otherwise i could purchase it. so does these apple store provide changing something in my model as the ram is solded out ? i cant purchase a new mac so early coz my book hasent completed a year !
my problem is that, OS X Mountain Lion takes 2 gb memory.
If i run safari, i watch youtube, load multiple tabs about 5-6 ( facebook twitter youtube yahooanswers google-ing ) at same time ( one by one but i keep it open ) this takes atleast 700 mb ram
and mail runs at startup and i need it it takes 100 - 150 mb ram
some ram goes in active-inactive-wired i mean if i dont know but some background processes may be in it ..
and if i load iphoto or transfer files from HD to Ex-HD, i feel it is getting slower.
if i just open photoshop. a message comes to quit some apps. ***,
i never keep lot processing like video converting or dont use final cut pro like apps.
i dont have problem with processor, its 1.7 dual core i5. i feel its fast enough for my work.
but i need upgrade from 4gb to 8 gb. please give some advice
thanks for reading and double thanks in advance for answering ! plez help

Your only option is to sell the one that you have and buy a new one with 8 GB of RAM.

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Will RAM upgrade on Macbook Air result in a bottleneck?
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