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8GB should be enough forever. what do we need more memory for on our machines. Video files are already at a resolutions where any increase barely matters. Audi
by sznio 7mo ago
8GB should be enough forever.
what do we need more memory for on our machines. Video files are already at a resolutions where any increase barely matters. Audio or any other multimedia as well. You won't be gaming on a macbook so that goes out of the window, and a lot of games actually work fine with 8GB. You can edit video or music with that much RAM.
Only thing that needs more ram is running Facebook, which is more of a problem with the sad state of webdev, not the MacBook.
- ryandrake 7mo agoYour comment just bruised an Electron app developer.
- fennecbutt 7mo agoPeople joke about electron but I've seen optimised electron run well and some native apps consume ludicrous amounts of memory. These days code is nothing, content = memory.
- Forgeties79 7mo agoShould be, but it isn’t. I edit for a living and 8gb is not sufficient at all unless you’re always doing proxies, doing reduced resolution playback, and not running any major effects. Playback starts dropping frames at the drop of a hat. Every video editor should have at least 16gb of ram - it’s been that way for years. If you rarely edit you can get away with it. If you do it with any regularity you end up working around the constraints and taking significantly longer to do your work and deal with slideshow playback.
- NetMageSCW 7mo agoWhy do you think the fact that you need more memory (and probably processor) to edit makes sense when talking about the cheapest MacBook available? Why aren’t you complaining you can’t edit in a ChromeBook or a NUC?
- Forgeties79 7mo agoI agree. The neo is not for editing. The person I responded to is the one who introduced editing into the conversation and said 8GB is enough for video editing.