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gumbaloom

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May 16, 2007
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Hi all,

Just a quick progress report on my Mini upgrade.

So I did end up going for the 24GB model in the end - I wanted to buy something on the spot rather than wait for a B2O from Apple ( was part of a trip to Tokyo ).

I was a bit unsure about the memory but looks like my fears were unwarranted.

So in terms of running apps (the big hitters)
- Virtual box headless ( Linux VM() - 4.89GB
- PHP Storem - 2.58GB
- Firefox - 2.5ish GB
- Zaend Studio - 1.18GB
- Slack - 350mb
(Plus a load of other apps - music, word, excel, apple tv, app store, line, SQL app, terminal, safari)

Physical Memory - 24GB
Memory Used - 17.69GB <------- App Memory 10.56GB Wired 2.03GB Compressed 4.1GB
Cached Files - 6.39GB

Bar a few very tiny specs of yellow memory pressure is all in the green.

I can definitely say I would have struggled with 16GB for sure but 24GB looks AOK ?

Through stupidity I let the apple care on my 2018 mac renew....trying to decide if i wanna call in and cancel it...I mean it's 5,800 yen..$40 USD.....its defo cancelled for next July as it'll be within a stones throw of obsolete at that point
 
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