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8GB not enough on rMBP - need to replace
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No need to reboot your MBP, just download free Memory Clean app you can find at App Store for free. 
8GB is enough for normal use today. my rmbp eats a lot of ram, not like yours but i prefer not to check it anymore because the performance is great and i can't complain about this computer.
i let the mac do the job of memory management as it suppose to.
i let the mac do the job of memory management as it suppose to.
No need to reboot your MBP, just download free Memory Clean app you can find at App Store for free.
A reboot is far better better than those "free memory" apps.
Why do you choose to have a ton of tabs open at one time? YOU are the issue, not the amount of ram.
Of course I am the issue.
But this applies with any issue in life.
I might as well throw myself through the window and all issues will be solved.
Actually, the "free memory app" is just a "purge" command in terminal. You can make a bash script that does that for you just with clicking it.No need to reboot your MBP, just download free Memory Clean app you can find at App Store for free.
However that only purges inactive memory, meaning everything that is wired/active (clogging the memory) is still left sitting there.
well, no. When I bought the retina with 256gb my internal space halved. I had to rethink what I need and don't need on the internal drive. 50GB iPhoto library is one of the things I don't. It was a nice refresh for me because I restructured my workflow and I actually work better now, with less crud clogging my drive.
Your computing needs are a tad sloppy, with a fast SSD drive keeping applications open or closing/opening them isn't an issue. If you set safari/firefox to "reopen all tabs"... I can hardly see the difference between switching apps and opening them. Just rethink how you use it. Bookmarks, reading lists, even exporting as PDF if its something you need to have open at all times, page snippets in dashboard, FLASH BLOCKER...
I can hardly see why you need two open browsers and 20 tabs in each. Perhaps because I started surfing on 56k I have a different workflow for surfing.
I am aware some crazy person will jump on me "you don't have to adapt to such an expensive machine blah blah blah" but the fact is you have no choice- either adapt, or get another computer.
You just need to optimise your workflow. Maxing RAM with each reiteration isn't going to help, the software is getting greedier and sloppier with each damn build... You're just going to use up everything on the next one as well.
Sorry but you come on a forum and bitch about something that you can easily avoid by simply not having as many tabs open...... kinda like complaining of having gonorrhea but not taking Rocephin/zithromax to treat it. You have the ability to solve your issue but you choose not to do so, yet take the time to come on a forum and whine about it. Doesn't make much sense to me but what ever floats your boat.
My 2009 MBP had no problem with multiple dozens of open tabs - and that with 4GB RAM. I regularly have over 40 open tabs on my rMBP. The machine can certainly take it. The issue is most certainly a memory leak in the alpha WebKit build.
I have 16 and for me even with PS extended running several different projects I never go above 6gb
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Are you on a ground floor? Cause if you are your just going to have more issues,
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Are you on a ground floor? Cause if you are your just going to have more issues,
I've never owned a Mac (though that'll change next Tuesday when my 15" rMBP arrives), and haven't spent much time with OSX.
So I'm curious, current versions of windows (7 & 8) tend to use as much RAM as they can, and give it up for applications as needed. This isn't really a bad thing, but does make it look like you're always low on memory. Does OSX do the same thing, and if so might this be why people notice that they're low on RAM sometimes?
So I'm curious, current versions of windows (7 & 8) tend to use as much RAM as they can, and give it up for applications as needed. This isn't really a bad thing, but does make it look like you're always low on memory. Does OSX do the same thing, and if so might this be why people notice that they're low on RAM sometimes?
i could even feel a difference on cMBP from 8GB to 16GB ! with retina i would also highly recommend 16GB.
What you felt was a placebo effect then.
My Late 2006 MBP still does ok and it has 2GB of RAM. I have 16GB on my desktop and I rarely go over 6GB unless I load up a VM.
8GB is fine for most people, I swear some of the things I see on this board when it comes to processor updates and ram are so asinine.
Yep, OS X always used to behave like this. I do agree however, that Mountain Lion seems to be a bit more RAM-hungry than previous OS X versions.
Holy crap OP, you need to reboot your machine more often. You realize that modern browsers (and OS X in general) will open everything back up exactly as it was, right? That is horrifying memory usage. I have 16GB because I like to give my Win8 VM it's own dedicated 8GB to work with, but I don't need 16GB. The only people who do are multimedia professionals.
I use my machine very similarly to you; I always keep all my apps open at all times and I regularly have 10+ tabs open in Chrome. You need to dump the Webkit nightly builds, that is just nasty memory usage. And WTF is up with Finder using like 450+ MB? Hot damn dude! It's not the computer that's the problem.
Here's my current usage, with like 11 tabs open in Chrome (including Facebook, TheVerge and Polygon).
I use my machine very similarly to you; I always keep all my apps open at all times and I regularly have 10+ tabs open in Chrome. You need to dump the Webkit nightly builds, that is just nasty memory usage. And WTF is up with Finder using like 450+ MB? Hot damn dude! It's not the computer that's the problem.
Here's my current usage, with like 11 tabs open in Chrome (including Facebook, TheVerge and Polygon).
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Weird... I can go from my rMBP with 16GB to my 2012 MBA with 4GB, run the exact same apps (except for VMs) and couldn't tell the difference aside from the ****** display.
Apps Open:
Xcode
BBEdit
Firefox
Safari
Evernote
iMessages
Terminal
Pages
Numbers
Napkin
Coda 2
Navicat
Pixelmator
Dropbox
Omniplan
I was really debating wether I should go with base config. Thank you for sharing, going with 16GB now
in fact, i am running multiple windows VMs for testing as well as Mint Linux, and i definately can feel the additional RAM very well. it is not very nice of you putting me into the "placebo" corner while not knowing anything about me nor the software i am running.
as you are writing, VMs really do take the RAM. experience also shows, RAM is always good. if you don't need it today, you might need it next year, and 16GB of ram are currently approx 100 EUR. sounds like a nobrainer to me.
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to the point. - except VMs.
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I would gladly use a ferrari to go to the groceries.
Note that some people have some beautiful, empty, sinuous roads between their grocery shop and their house. Others have metropolitan, square and car-packed roads.
What makes sense for one and for one job does not make sense for another and that same job.
I will go for the new 15" rMBP 2.7/16/512. I don't say I absolutely need it, I say I will enjoy it.