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Is 7GB ram free a normal amount for these applications running?
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Is 7GB ram free a normal amount for these applications running?
Feb 5, 2013
I bought a 2023 14-inch Macbook Pro M2 Pro with 16GB RAM and 10-core CPU | 16-core GPU and these are the apps that I have running with 7GB free of RAM. I am worried I will be swapping to SSD in the future so would it be better to just upgrade to 32GB RAM... it's a $500 upgrade here in Canada...
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With 16GB memory, I would not worry about swap unless you plan to open and edit numerous large video or photo files at the same time... or you have to keep dozens of Safari or Chrome browser tabs open.
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apostolosdt
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Dec 29, 2021
From my humble experience, the more RAM the better. In a frenzy day, you don’t have to contemplate whether opening a new app or window will severely overload you machine.
smirking
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Deep breath. There's nothing wrong with using swap. I'm a dev and a photographer. I have a 16GB M1 Pro and I haven't once run into a single instance in over a year of ownership in which I noticed any performance issues that weren't software related.I bought a 2023 14-inch Macbook Pro M2 Pro with 16GB RAM and 10-core CPU | 16-core GPU and these are the apps that I have running with 7GB free of RAM.
And I'm running multiple virtual machines on top of a bunch of resource hungry programs. I hit swap space all the time. If it makes any difference, it's so tiny that I don't notice.
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TinyMito
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Nov 1, 2021
RAM memory are there to be used. If we don't use all the RAM, then what is the point of keeping 80% free of 16GB all the time?
These days, SSD will last longer than you can use your laptop with the high TBW. Why people panic over these things, it's not going to be worse has physical spinny disks after 10 years.
10 Years you will probably replace it with another laptop.
These days, SSD will last longer than you can use your laptop with the high TBW. Why people panic over these things, it's not going to be worse has physical spinny disks after 10 years.
10 Years you will probably replace it with another laptop.
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