More RAM Please
Here's my two cents on the new MacBook Pro's, not that anyone is asking.
This tweet sums it up:
"I’m struck by the cultural divide between dismissive Apple defenders and people who buy an expensive mac for real work every four-five years" - @pinboard
The main reason I'm uncomfortable dropping that much money on a new laptop right now is RAM. My current Mac Pro, late 2010, has 20GB RAM, and my current laptop, a 2012, has 16GB. Â I use a lot of RAM, because I use big, RAM-hungry tools, and I'm frequently near using all of it. Â I just checked and right now I'm using 15.59GB.
When I bought my laptop, four years ago, 16gb was way more than I needed. But usage increases over time. I'm uncomfortable buying a new computer, expecting it to last another 4 years, with the same amount of memory in my current hardware.
I know it's probably Intel's fault, and that's fine. Â What matters to me is that these new laptops aren't the computer I want to upgrade to, so I will wait.
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