MBP upgrade RAM or CPU for web dev

[Funk4teer]

Hi everybody
I’m about to purchase a MacBook Pro 13” without Touch Bar and as the title says I have this doubt, for a web developer (full stack if that matters) what is the upgrade that makes more sense? 16Gb RAM or the i7 processor? Knowing that I can’t afford both ..D’uh

Thanks

 

[poorcody]

16Gb RAM. The difference between the i5 and i7 will be negligible in most development scenarios, but the jump from 8 to 16GB when you have a lot of tools open (especially if you use Virtual Machines for testing) will be much more noticeable. A full-stack developer usually has to juggle lots of open apps at once, and can easily fill 16GB RAM.

 

[Funk4teer]

16Gb RAM. The difference between the i5 and i7 will be negligible in most development scenarios, but the jump from 8 to 16GB when you have a lot of tools open (especially if you use Virtual Machines for testing) will be much more noticeable. A full-stack developer usually has to juggle lots of open apps at once, and can easily fill 16GB RAM.

Yeah that’s what I thought, but since is a “big” experience I wanted to hear more opinions!
Thank you so much Poorcody that’s made my mind

 

[cannono]

RAM tends to be more of a noticeable difference

 

[leman]

If you are working with multiple docker instances, you could benefit from more RAM.

 

[iPhonagain]

Definitely go with more RAM. Everything will run faster with more RAM and you won't miss an i7 processor at all.