Upgrading from a 15" 2017 MBP... cannot wait to finally regularly use a better keyboard lol.
For context, I have a 16gb MBP currently and with my regular workflow, have about 33% RAM pressure utilizing around 4.3GB swap out of 5GB (admittedly not too well versed/familiar with Swap RAM metrics).
I'm debating between 16 vs 32gb on my upgrade. My use case scenario:
- 50% of the time simple browsing on Safari (20+ tabs), have around 8-10 PDFs open at any given time, lots of background apps.
- Work in medicine, occasionally using VM with Windows for access to my EMR. VM also used to look at radiology (large image sizes, scrolling through 400+ images at any given instance).
- Occasional photo editing on LR. On my current machine, the lag and rainbow wheels are painful when editing anything larger than 5MP.
Other than this, I have a few Docker packages running, generally capping out around 3-4GB regular memory usage. I'd like to game a bit (time permitting). Am hoping to get at least 5 years out of this machine (as my last has lasted me around that long!)
I'm inclined to go with the 32gb for some future proofing + perhaps some improved workflow while in LR, VMing. That being said I have not had an M1 machine in the past and am unsure if the performance gains would render the extra memory a bit useless. I am not heavy in video/photo production outside of hobby photo editing.
Thanks!
For context, I have a 16gb MBP currently and with my regular workflow, have about 33% RAM pressure utilizing around 4.3GB swap out of 5GB (admittedly not too well versed/familiar with Swap RAM metrics).
I'm debating between 16 vs 32gb on my upgrade. My use case scenario:
- 50% of the time simple browsing on Safari (20+ tabs), have around 8-10 PDFs open at any given time, lots of background apps.
- Work in medicine, occasionally using VM with Windows for access to my EMR. VM also used to look at radiology (large image sizes, scrolling through 400+ images at any given instance).
- Occasional photo editing on LR. On my current machine, the lag and rainbow wheels are painful when editing anything larger than 5MP.
Other than this, I have a few Docker packages running, generally capping out around 3-4GB regular memory usage. I'd like to game a bit (time permitting). Am hoping to get at least 5 years out of this machine (as my last has lasted me around that long!)
I'm inclined to go with the 32gb for some future proofing + perhaps some improved workflow while in LR, VMing. That being said I have not had an M1 machine in the past and am unsure if the performance gains would render the extra memory a bit useless. I am not heavy in video/photo production outside of hobby photo editing.
Thanks!
