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Putting out a new professional-grade (and thinking developer-style laptop) in 2018 without at least a 24GB or 32GB RAM option is a non-starter in my mind. Apple

by speby 9y ago

Putting out a new professional-grade (and thinking developer-style laptop) in 2018 without at least a 24GB or 32GB RAM option is a non-starter in my mind. Apple is also notorious for this having had 16GB RAM be the maximum for literally years now. For a lot of engineering work, where you may need to deal with virtualization and heavy duty tooling like IDEs (XCode, Visual Studio, etc), simulators (like the iOS Simulators or Android emulator), dozens of browser tabs, multiple browsers for testing and viewing, etc etc., 16GB of RAM just doesn't cut it anymore.

kazen44 9y ago
then you should look at a different, workstation line of a laptop. (W series, dell 7XXX series etc).
- pimeys 9y ago
  Or just the T-series: T480 (32GB) or T480s (24GB). I'm writing this with a T25 that has the maximum of 32GB of RAM. An excellent developer's laptop.