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    New MacBook air: Ram quantity options

    Hello everyone, I just bought a great new MacBook air M3. I bought it with 16 GB RAM, as is often recommended. But today, I'm wondering if I shouldn't have switched directly to 24 GB RAM? I've got about a dozen tabs open in Safari + a bit of editing on Lightroom, and here's a (French) screen...
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    RAM Limits ME

    So, once more in the hopes of removing my own ignorance rather than telling you why my way is the only way, I’m fascinated by RAM use. ALL of my sub units (I’m responsible for tech choices and updates for nine people +/-) do fine with 8GB of RAM (specifically on Apple Silicon; definitely not...
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    Perfomance on M1 and M2 Macbook Pros (14 inch models) on AI, such as Stable Diffusion, Tensorflow, LLama and other AI models

    I am currently looking at the base models of both of these computers and I would like to know how they perform on certain AI tasks, like the ones mentioned in the title. How do the base models hold up? Will I notice any difference between M1 and M2 on these task (just for clarity, I don't mean...
    • ARacoony
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    • apple silicon m1 and m2 macbook 14 macbook 14" ram capacity enough
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Is my RAM maxed out?

    I have a M1 iMac a bit over a year old, now. I bought it at a time when the HDD in my previous iMac (2013 27") had gone belly-up very suddenly. It wasn't an option to wait several weeks for the 'perfect' computer, so it had to be a base-ish model. (512GB drive, when I'd have preferred 1TB; 8GB...
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    New iMac Ram Sufficient for Photoshop?

    I'm in the market for the new iMac 24" device. It's damn near impossible to find one in a store with 16GB Ram. The system requirements for programs like Photoshop and Illustrator is "8GB. (16 GB Recommended). Apparently there's something about the Apple processor that runs faster than their...
    • HRJR
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    • ram capacity enough
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: iMac
  6. CarlLikesTech

    How much RAM on M2 :)

    I'm breaking my head thinking about the big RAM-question. I’m getting a new M2 Mac and I’m thinking about how much RAM I should include. Max simultaneous usage may be 15 safari tabs (including some YouTube video), 4 Word documents, 5 PDFs, maybe some Excel/ or PowerPoint rendering. I’m thinking...
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    (apple silicon ) Would 16gb RAM be enough for future proofing ?

    Sup. While ram management might be good on macOS ,and aarch improving it further ,8gb isn't actually "enough" on current M1 lineup . Which makes me wonder ,will 16/512 base mpb m1x models be enough for future proofing,assuming i plan on keeping it for around 6years+ ? As they are already very...
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    How much RAM for graphics and music mixing?

    Hi, thanks to covid I am having a hell of a time getting my hands on the new M1 with 16GB of RAM. Do you think there is any chance that 8GB of RAM can do the job? I was using a very old 2011 Macbook for some 2d animations and photoshop and some Garageband stuff, and it almost never crashed...
    • WilliamTyl
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    • graphics macbookair macbookairm1 ram capacity enough
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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    8 or 16gb RAM for Parallels use on Mac

    Hi, for efficient use of Parallels how much Ram do you recommend on the base 2019 model MBP? 8gig enough or 16 gig? Best J
  10. sibby

    early 2009 iMac upgrade advice?

    Hi folks, I'm new to this forum, and have very limited experience with upgrading computers, with the exception of RAM and battery replacements. I own an early 2009 20-inch iMac, 2.66 GHz Intel Core Duo, running OS X 10.9.5. I upgraded the RAM two years ago to 4 GB (1067 MHz DDR3). As one might...
    • sibby
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    • adobe cc adobe photoshop imac imac 2009 intel intel core duo ram capacity enough ram replacement upgrade upgrade ssd
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: iMac
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    Testing Ram adequacy

    Hi, What is a good way of testing if you should increase the RAM capacity on your mac? Just run multiple high demand applications and once and test the speed? Or is there a more professional or technical approach? Please let me know as soon as you can! Thank you.
    • Chri501
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    • ram capacity enough ram macbookpro ram replacement ram slot ram test
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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