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Oh Yes, right now I am using a Windows 7 Computer with only 4 GB of RAM though Affinity Photo works on this, Every Key Stroke every press of a key or any action, takes 2 sec or so to register and initiate action. So right now the Hardware I am using is no comparison on what I am planning to buy.
I cant answer that ? Because I didnt quite understand what your question is ? But yes, RAM will suffice with 16GB 2565 GB of SSD I am not sure maybe, May not be.
I am shocked how expensive Thunderbolt versions of peripherals are, albeit a hub is still cheaper than the bump to the M2 Pro.
But you can supplement "disk space" with external storage. You can't upgrade the RAM later unless you buy a whole new system.
True. But doesn’t sound like he has money to invest in a fast external SSD drive and up the RAM to 16 GB.
I respect working within the confines of a budget. I agree that 256GB (and even 512GB) can be limiting, but he can save up for an external SSD down the road rather than save up for a whole new Mac with more RAM. For his photo editing needs, upgrading the RAM is a sound decision for now and the longterm. More storage to come later when funds allow it.
Suuure. Just like Adobe Photoshop's minimum requirement is 8GB, but recommended for any serious comp work is (as always) 16GB.Photo Editing Feature List | Affinity Photo
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8GB is the recommended configuration for Affinity Photo.
Agreed! Get the RAM now, get an inexpensive external drive for files backup.
I didn’t catch or get the idea of ‘heavy duty’, nor any pro level work. In fact I thought this was the poster with the 4gb Windows pc, I suspect the 16gb setup will certainly be better, but don’t believe it will be next level earth shattering, vs the 8gb machine. Sure, it’s only $180 (edu), and if I had to buy one thing, I agree with you, I would get the ram, but sometimes money is tight.
Thanks for the extra info. Clearly, you are in a tough spot coming from a machine with only 4GB of ram. The way Windows reports ram usage in Task Manager is completely different than how it is presented in the MacOS Activity Monitor making my questions tough to make sense of on a Windows machine. It's been so long since I've used Windows on a regular basis and monitored resource usage that I do not recall how to interpret the data in Task Manager.
My media server solutions are Plex servers. I take advantage of dirt cheap & lightning fast Intel QuickSync hardware + PlexPass to use hardware encoding in all modern Intel CPUs; I spend $200 or so on a cheap Intel box, add a few hard drives, and I’m off to the races. I can’t imagine tying up a Mac with such things.
Indeed. Tests show the M2 SSD of the base model are “slow” compared to M1 models with 512GB
Upgrade the RAM, get a decent USB SSD when the time comes and you need more storage.
But is he still comparing the 16GB model (with 512GB) and the 8GB model (with 256GB)? On one of the slides he does exactly that; on the next slide with numbers, the RAM amount is omitted, leaving only the storage. At best, it’s unclear. He also lays the blame for the speed (slowness of the 8/256 solution) on disk, when it could well be RAM (because in the first slide, he’s comparing against 16/512). That and I freely admit I don’t want to burn 10 minutes listening to the thing; I admit I was clicking around a bit forward and back.
If the speed difference between single-NAND and dual-NAND actually makes a difference in your workflow, then you’re probably lying. Get the RAM, leave the SSD.
The YouTube video shows the base model 8GB/256 Blackmagic benchmarks. At home I have a 8G M1 with the 512SSD, which has a score of about 2800 compared to 1400 of the base M2.
But the entire point here is we're not interested in Blackmagic numbers; we're interested in real world details of what actually happens with said SSD performance in Apple apps.
That spec will be fine, the 8GB of ram is only limiting if you are running Adobe in design with large projects but that is mostly an issue on the iMac 24” rather than the mini. Get a decent monitor with a resolution of 1080p or 1440p and you will be fine. The disk speed will likely never be an issue for you, is it slower than the 512GB setup? Yes, will you notice? Unlikely as it’s faster than any mechanical disk and SATA SSD. If you have worries about its future capacity? Add a USB C external nvme enclosure with a 256/512/1tb stick which you can afford. These can be picked up fairly cheaply (especially in Amazon sale days) and you can offload all of your files etc to it to maintain space on the internal storage.
