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The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM


More RAM is better.

By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

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