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Question about MacBook Air memory?
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<blockquote data-quote="Izzy-B" data-source="post: 1602167" data-attributes="member: 332162"><p>A friend has asked me to help her purchase a used MacBook Air. She knows I've never had anything but Macs all the years she's known me and wants to try a Mac, this time around. (I still have every Mac I've ever owned, including the old black and white Mac Classic, which still works just fine.) A MacBook Air, however, is something I've never paid much attention to. </p><p></p><p>I'm reading what I can about them, but I'm thoroughly confused about flash memory storage. I guess, because I'm not a gamer, I don't understand much of what I'm reading and don't realize the importance of the specs. Would anyone please explain what sort of questions I need to ask the seller (probably Craigslist) about their MacBook Air to determine how much actual memory the laptop has? Do I ask for onboard memory or is it all about flash memory? (My friend's shortcoming is stuffing her current laptops full of all kinds of crud, until it's a log-jam of sludge. She's going to need a good bit of actual memory.) I suppose that is my question: is "flash storage" memory in the MacBook Air comparable to actual onboard memory in another computer, i.e., MacBook Pro, etc.?</p><p></p><p>Thank you for any effort to educate me. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Izzy-B, post: 1602167, member: 332162"] A friend has asked me to help her purchase a used MacBook Air. She knows I've never had anything but Macs all the years she's known me and wants to try a Mac, this time around. (I still have every Mac I've ever owned, including the old black and white Mac Classic, which still works just fine.) A MacBook Air, however, is something I've never paid much attention to. I'm reading what I can about them, but I'm thoroughly confused about flash memory storage. I guess, because I'm not a gamer, I don't understand much of what I'm reading and don't realize the importance of the specs. Would anyone please explain what sort of questions I need to ask the seller (probably Craigslist) about their MacBook Air to determine how much actual memory the laptop has? Do I ask for onboard memory or is it all about flash memory? (My friend's shortcoming is stuffing her current laptops full of all kinds of crud, until it's a log-jam of sludge. She's going to need a good bit of actual memory.) I suppose that is my question: is "flash storage" memory in the MacBook Air comparable to actual onboard memory in another computer, i.e., MacBook Pro, etc.? Thank you for any effort to educate me. :) [/QUOTE]
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