@mattcomi why so much ram?

@mattiem future proof for the next 5-6 months.

@mattcomi ram is so important if you are running virtual machines. When I used to do that, there was never enough…

@mattiem nah my honest answer is just I want to much much much more than I currently have on my M1. Xcode is horribly slow and I’m constantly playing janitor with running apps to free up RAM.

@mattcomi ohh that’s interesting to hear! I’ve been trying to figure out if ram will help with the development experience there.

@mattiem @mattcomi To decide that I think you could use the memory stats panel in activity monitor. The compressed memory and swap used values show evidence of past memory pressure, like the peak mark on a sound meter. If in the middle or at the end of a work day (or a let's-compile-Xcode trial) they are both zero, no more memory would help. As I understand it, a bit of compressed can be OK for apps you leave on to resume later, but it subtracts from your working pool.