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How great is the 32 GB of ram? I have a 2017 macbook pro. I don't ever develop on a desktop machine to be able to know what I'm missing out on by only having 16

• lucb1e 7y ago
  I run on 16GB at work and 8 at home. At home I run into issues with large Factorio factories or if I have too many browser tabs open (tbh that's an issue with me, not with my system, but more RAM would be a workaround for it), but at work the amount feels quite luxurious. I never got close to running out even with multiple VMs running at the same time, so I don't really see the need for more than 16. Maybe specialized applications need it like machine learning or so? Though that would seem like something you'd do on a server instead of your local laptop. Unless you're running close to full most of the time, I also don't think the extra disk caching more RAM allows for is generally worth it. I have a few GB free most of the time (both at home and at work) and that seems to suffice to cache whatever files I'm currently working with.
  • iudqnolq 7y ago
    If you keep tabs open for days and don't open them, like me, you might want to try a tab suspending extension. There's noticable lag when I open a tab I haven't opened in hours, but my FF on Ubuntu is fine with ~100 open tabs.
    • lucb1e 7y ago
      I did already, but nevertheless thanks for the tip!
• friedman23 7y ago
  I have chrome, webstorm, datagrip, fusion 360, an android emulator and an ios emulator open at the same time and there is 0 lag ever.
• rsynnott 7y ago
  Check how much swap you’re using. If it’s very little, the answer is “not very”.