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What do you need more than 16GB for? Until less then a year ago, I used to have a 4 GB RAM (+ 4GB SSD swap) laptop, used it for everything, including software d
by RivieraKid 9y ago
What do you need more than 16GB for? Until less then a year ago, I used to have a 4 GB RAM
(+ 4GB SSD swap) laptop, used it for everything, including software development (Android mostly). Even ran virtual machines occasionally. It wasn't that horrible.
Now I have a MacBook Pro with 16GB and this amount seems more than comfortable.
- milesokeefe 9y agoRight now on my MPB I'm sitting at 14.68GB used with another 3.73GB in swap. Between Chrome, electron-based desktop apps, and Docker containers it's easy to hit that limit. This is just full stack web dev too, nothing rendering related.
- kakarot 9y agoVideo and image processing/editing, for starters. Working with large datasets. Running several vms with reasonable memory allocation. Running local DBs. High-end / VR gaming. Etc. I do all of these things daily for both work and pleasure and with 16GB RAM I have run into countless headaches. Personally I don't use a Mac and could upgrade at any time but I'm waiting out of principle because DDR4 RAM is still seeing exorbitant prices from the shortage.