Tim BrayApr 21, 2023

My laptops since about 2018 have all had 32G of memory. No combination of Lightroom, video streaming, Jetbrains IDEs, Slack, dozens of browser tabs, and recently generative graphics have ever caused detectible memory pressure.

I’m beginning to think that for the vast majority of people, 32G is enough memory, for the foreseeable future.

Show threadJeff AtwoodApr 21, 2023
@timbray I think we'll settle on 64gb over time, so I mostly agree
Show threadTill KrüssApr 21, 2023
@codinghorror @timbray I think the modern SSD speeds also play a factor why even 16GB feels snappy, at least on M1/M2.
Show threadJeff Atwood
@tillkruss @timbray plausible argument, but even a fast SSD is so very much slower than RAM: https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-infinite-space-between-words/
The Infinite Space Between Words

Computer performance is a bit of a shell game. You’re always waiting for one of four things: * Disk * CPU * Memory * Network But which one? How long will you wait? And what will you do while you’re waiting? Did you see the movie “Her”? If not, you should. It’

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Show threadJeff AtwoodApr 21, 2023
@tillkruss @timbray especially since Apple is now embedding the RAM on the same SoC, so it's even closer/faster