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Honestly the SSD is so fast, that for everyday workload you will not notice the lack of RAM even in an 8GB system (I am coming from a system with 32GB or RAM).
by whatever1 6y ago
Honestly the SSD is so fast, that for everyday workload you will not notice the lack of RAM even in an 8GB system (I am coming from a system with 32GB or RAM). But RAM is RAM, and using swap memory that aggressively can reduce the life span of the SSD very fast.
- EricE 6y agoNot true. I desperately wanted to keep my M1 MBA, but with Cities:Skylines I have enough mods and assets where I really do need 32GB of RAM. When you really need it, there is no substitute for RAM. When I loaded up a new game with minimal assets (it easily fit with the 16GB of RAM I had) the MBA played C:S smoother than my i7/1080ti gaming machine. I think if I can get a laptop with at least 32GB of RAM I won't have to maintain a Windows gaming machine and will be able to consolidate everything onto an M powered MacBook Pro. Now if Apple would just produce a 5K external monitor life would be perfect :)