Is a 4gb RAM enough on Macbook Air 2013 13 inch for OS mavericks?

I am thinking of buying a Macbook Air for my school work and have heard that 4gb of RAM isnt enough for mavericks - Is 8 gb RAM upgrade a must?

4GB is enough for a Macbook Air since it can't do any hard graphical or computational work, but as above, since its not upgradeable and only $100, there is no good reason not to.

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  • Will RAM upgrade on Macbook Air result in a bottleneck?

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    Will RAM upgrade on Macbook Air result in a bottleneck?
    Hi I am planning to buy a Macbook Air with the base configuration, but was giving the RAM some thought. I was thinking of upgrading it from 4 GB 1600 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM to 8 GB. With the student discount the upgrade will cost me an additional $90. I will be going to uni for life sci and will be be using it for work assignments, music, and maybe some small-time gaming. I currently don't really game much but maybe sometime in the future I may decide to play games such as LoL or Warcraft maybe?  What I was wondering was that is it actually necessary to upgrade the RAM to be able to play these types of games without lag? I am fine with a little bit of low fps, as long as it isn't to noticable and stil fairly smooth. Maybe with like safari with music and a word processor and the game open, would the MBA be able to handle it effectively? Also, would the RAM upgrade be ineffective because of a "bottleneck" where the other specs limit the effectiveness of the increase in RAM?  The rest of the specs are: 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel i5, Turbo Boost upto 2.7 GHz Intel HD Graphics 5000 128 GB PCle-based flash storage  So overall, is it worth it? Will it make gaming significantly better, and more importantly, will 4 GB just be enough too?  Thank you very much for reading that very long question! All answers will be appreciated!

    Did you get a reply on that site?
    Are you comparing 11-inch/13-inch MacBook/Air to 13"-15" MB/Pro?
    A better idea would be to get the MacBook/Pro, since it has a better
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    Check the specs at the Apple Store to compare MB/Pro w/ MB/Air;
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    See everymac.com and mactracker.ca for sources of specifications.
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    Hello!
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    I'm with some doubts among the MacBook Pro (15.4 ") i7 Quad-Core (2.0 GHz) with 8 GB memory (RAM) and Iris Graphics Pro, MacBook Pro (13") i5 Quad-Core with 8GB (RAM) or a MacBook Air i5/i7 with 8GB (RAM).
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  • Which laptop is best suitable for me? Macbook Air 11 inch, Macbook Air 13 inch, or Macbook Pro 13 inch?

    I'm an 8th grader who does powerpoints, word documents, web browsing and light gaming, light movie editing on imovie, some ichat and some apps. Should I get a macbook air 11 inch 256gb and 8gb of ram, macbook air 13 inch 128gb and 8gb of ram or macbook pro 13 inch 8gb of ram 500gb hard drive?. Which one is most suitable for me? I need it to last 4-5 years.

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    It would appear  that the retina would be a good deal.
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