32 or 64 RAM?

[Michael-Mandolin-Bell]

Gentle community,

I am wondering if anyone has advice on the value of 32gigs of RAM versus 64 on the new MacBook pros. Opting for 64 gigs seems to add a month to delivery time.

I do a fair bit of audio and video editing, and am constantly grumbling that my MacBook Pro 16 inch from the previous generation blasts the fans at the most basic of Final Cut Pro and Logic tasks. Do I need the 64 gig RAM in the new model to beat that problem?

Lovely to garner some advice,

Mike

 

[Tomb01]

Same question. do some things in Parallels, but not sure I have ever stressed my current 16 inch 32GB memory configuration. Am 'thinking' that the 64GB of memory is not necessary unless you are using some massive apps or doing major video editing...

 

[Sitti]

I still haven't received my 16" MBP, but I did order 64gb ram for mine. I don't know whether I need 64GB, but I figured since MBP isn't upgradeable and I'm going to be stuck with what I ordered, I would rather be stuck with 64gb than 32gb. I probably don't need 64gb right now, but who knows, I might need it in the future.

 

[fa8362]

Gentle community,

I am wondering if anyone has advice on the value of 32gigs of RAM versus 64 on the new MacBook pros. Opting for 64 gigs seems to add a month to delivery time.

I do a fair bit of audio and video editing, and am constantly grumbling that my MacBook Pro 16 inch from the previous generation blasts the fans at the most basic of Final Cut Pro and Logic tasks. Do I need the 64 gig RAM in the new model to beat that problem?

Lovely to garner some advice,

Mike

High CPU or GPU usage generates heat and heat bears directly on fan noise. Back in the day, more RAM equaled a bit more heat. Not sure about this new architecture, but less RAM is definitely NOT going to generate more heat.

 

[fa8362]

I still haven't received my 16" MBP, but I did order 64gb ram for mine. I don't know whether I need 64GB, but I figured since MBP isn't upgradeable and I'm going to be stuck with what I ordered, I would rather be stuck with 64gb than 32gb. I probably don't need 64gb right now, but who knows, I might need it in the future.

You will likely never need it.

 

[jerryk]

Gentle community,

I am wondering if anyone has advice on the value of 32gigs of RAM versus 64 on the new MacBook pros. Opting for 64 gigs seems to add a month to delivery time.

I do a fair bit of audio and video editing, and am constantly grumbling that my MacBook Pro 16 inch from the previous generation blasts the fans at the most basic of Final Cut Pro and Logic tasks. Do I need the 64 gig RAM in the new model to beat that problem?

Lovely to garner some advice,

Mike

I edit videos with 8 GB mini using DiVinci Resolve and audio with Audition.

 

[Sanpete]

Read as much as you want about it:

PSA: you probably don’t need 32 or 64Gb RAM unless you know you need it.

With the new MBPs, this question is super-popular on these forums, and I see multiple posts spreading misinformation and FUD about 16Gb models, causing a bunch of people to most likely overspend of panic about their purchases. There is a lot of misunderstanding how RAM and swap files work and...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[Adarna]

Go with 64GB M1 Max!

 

[Jl006p]

Gentle community,

I am wondering if anyone has advice on the value of 32gigs of RAM versus 64 on the new MacBook pros. Opting for 64 gigs seems to add a month to delivery time.

I do a fair bit of audio and video editing, and am constantly grumbling that my MacBook Pro 16 inch from the previous generation blasts the fans at the most basic of Final Cut Pro and Logic tasks. Do I need the 64 gig RAM in the new model to beat that problem?

Lovely to garner some advice,

Mike

Here's a 26 page discussion on 32gb vs 64gb

The question I ask but nobody answers: DO YOU MAKE A LIVING OFF YOUR MACHINE?

Seems like we have too many enthusiasts on here and not enough professionals. Pros won't skip a heartbeat spending the extra coin b/c they make that money back pretty quickly.

Final Cut and Logic are optimized for apple silicon. Adobe meanwhile...it will take all the ram you give it and then some.

 

[wilberforce]

My advice is pretty much disregard any unsupported advice given in this forum. (which I realize is recursive advice.)
You will always get someone say, without any basis, go for the max, which will create enough confusion and FUD in your mind that you will go for the max.
I suggest research by reading and watching reviews with demonstrable comparison testing, and disregard anything said here that does not have supporting evidence.

btw, fans blasting has nothing to do with amount of RAM. If anything, more RAM will tend to make the fans increase in speed (as the CPU/GPU will then be less constrained by memory access speed)

 

[bengtc]

honestly for all these questions...my answer is to buy the most expensive option
keep my apple stock going up

 

[glindon]

What are you running? My thinking is since some of the 32gb is needed for graphics I went for the 64gb. Plus I run virtual sampled instruments and the more memory you can give them the better.