New 13" Retina Display-Disappointed

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I have been waiting for this 13" notebook for months and now I find its soldered in RAM maxes out at 8GB. If I get one I want 16GB like the 15" has available.

 

I will be installing LR, PS6, SEFEX Pro-2 and all the other common iWork stuff plus default items. I want no slow down if I want to run all of the above at the same time.

 

The weight of the 13" is about 0.5 kilos less than the 15" and that's why I want the 13". I have Airs and need better processing, but 8GB. No thanks.

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I have the 15-inch Retina with 16GB of RAM, but would not agonize over having "only" 8MB of RAM with the new 13-inch one, as I don't see the need torun iWork at the same time that I run Lightroom. Having used a MacBook Air with 4MB of RAM, I tend to think that the 13-inch Retina will not have a significant slowdown for Lightroom. Keep in mind that "the best is the enemy of the good".

 

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I have the 15-inch Retina with 16GB of RAM, but would not agonize over having "only" 8MB of RAM with the new 13-inch one, as I don't see the need torun iWork at the same time that I run Lightroom. Having used a MacBook Air with 4MB of RAM, I tend to think that the 13-inch Retina will not have a significant slowdown for Lightroom. Keep in mind that "the best is the enemy of the good".

 

—Mitch/Paris

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Thanks Mitch-

I really worry that LR and PS and SFX all running simultaneously could really tax 8GB of RAM since often my 39MP images stitched can easily become 2 GB for one file which already slows down my zillion core Mac Pro with 32GB RAM. Also 13" MBP's do not have quad core like the 15" variety.