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 threadAlan Martello
@timbray I think it depends Windows or Mac. I run both and the Windows machines seem more memory greedy than the Macs. I’m typing this on a 10 year old MacBook Pro with 16GB Ram running Ventura (by using OCLP) and it’s mostly fast and amazing. Honestly this configuration is as much as most folks would ever need (except code devs, video/audio/image editors, Adobe CC users, etc.) https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/
OpenCore Legacy Patcher

Experience macOS just like before

Apr 21, 2023 at 1:15amWeb
Show threadSlaíneApr 21, 2023
@amart interesting. I also had oclp on my 2013 mbp but it randomly stopped working. Back on macOS 11 for now but thinking of giving it another chance.
Show threadmattApr 22, 2023
@amart @timbray I have to help a relative from time to time use their MacBook Pro with 8 GB ram. It's painfully slow, like launch Photos and wait 30 seconds slow. I've always thought that's wrong but don't know enough Mac to dig in. ... So it's good to read some validation from 'out there' that it doesn't have to be this way.