Modern paging/swapping can take a good bulk of higher memory pressure... but it comes at the cost of SSD wear. Mind you, even extreme SSD wear would result in ~

Modern paging/swapping can take a good bulk of higher memory pressure... but it comes at the cost of SSD wear. Mind you, even extreme SSD wear would result in ~7 year "failure" rate... but the SSD not being replaceable is kinda a slap in the face. For most people, 8GB is still fine. You're not getting robbed, applications have become too bloated. But the price for 8GB is a bit dumb.