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Dell XPS 13 4GB or 8GB?

dobo2001
By dobo2001
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So I really want a Dell XPS 13, but my budget is kinda low. So I'm looking at the 9343 (2015) model, and I've noticed a big price gulf between the 4GB and the 8GB models. Is it worth it to step up to the 8GB despite the bigger price tag? I'll be doing basic web browsing and maybe some light gaming. I've figured out that the XPS 13 doesn't have upgrade able RAM, which is a loss, so I need to think to the future. Thanks for any suggestions! Also, if you have any laptop suggestions that are similar to the XPS 13, I'd love to hear them!

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8gb please, it's almost 2017.

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I absolutely love my XPS 13 9360 (i7/8GB). 4GB wouldnt do it justce, but it's not worth too much of a price jump either. Light gaming on an XPS 13's iGPU means nothing the average gamer considers "light". We're talking Prison Architect/Game Dev Tycoon/Mobile Port-style games, not a quick sesh of Sims 3 -- so, in other words 4GB will be fine. 

 

Then again, if you're only doing light gaming and web browsing, why the hell spend so much on an XPS 13? Go buy a decent gaming laptop for the money, imo.

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7 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

8GB, buying 4GB these days is like buying a 16GB phone...

Manageable, but not ideal. Right. 

 

Saying that, buying an expensive laptop is not something you want to have to manage, but you want to be ideal.

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8GB, even though less than 1.9GB of RAM is plenty on my laptop (damn you, VRAM)

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