[coldtea]

>Even if you somehow could argue that 8 is all you need now, what about in few years?

What about it? It's not like someone who mostly browses the web, checks email, works with office documents, and so on, will change what he does in a few years...

[kortilla]

> will change what he does in a few years...

The fatal flaw in this argument is the failure to realize that web pages are bloating, video is becoming more prevalent, higher resolution images, etc.

So “browses the web” has ever increasing hardware requirements if you want to maintain the experience.

[raverbashing]

Not to mention they love talking about video editing, Neural Engine, etc. Those things eat RAM as well

8GB is definitely underpowered

[bryanrasmussen]

The large consumer market that uses mac for common computing activities will not need more soon, perhaps, but many of Apple's bulwark clients - graphic designers, musicians, and even developers - probably will.

[yoz-y]

Despite the software they demoed, the machines they show (with exception of the mini) were all for the non-demanding users.

I would like to see Photos on those benchmarks, that is one program that would benefit from lots of ram, and would be used by many of the Air’s customers.

[coldtea]

Those don't buy the base configuration, and never had.