Just did it, still FOMO ?

[jeroenvip]

Heya,

Currently sitting on a MacBook Pro M1 10 (8 Performance and 2 Efficiency), 16 GB, 1TB storage. And ordered the 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, 48GB unified memory, 1TB SSD storage. For some reason I feel FOMO not going to 64GB and 18-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine. My M1 was swapping with just 1 PHPStorm project open and idle.

 

[ddebacker]

Understand and ask yourself why you would want what you didn’t order based on facts. Do you need the 64 GB for some specific? If you can’t be positive that you have a current or (real) future need for something then just keep your order.
If the need is not clear then… it doesn’t exist and you’ll be throwing money away.

Many people believe that waiting for a new model or getting a more powerful one will help them. The key question is to ground that with real requirements (better than needs maybe).

 

[RealKeishav]

After a few months you won’t care but when you will unbox that you would definitely think about what if and that feeling is worst.

 

[jeroenvip]

Cheers, going with 48gb 😀 And enjoy what I ordered.

 

[Non-Euclidean]

Understand and ask yourself why you would want what you didn’t order based on facts. Do you need the 64 GB for some specific? If you can’t be positive that you have a current or (real) future need for something then just keep your order.
If the need is not clear then… it doesn’t exist and you’ll be throwing money away.

This.

I think the fact that you (OP) was still rocking an M1 means your new MBP will meet all needs. No it’s not the most shiny version, but it should be more than adequate for your needs.

Also, I have an issue that you set your sights too low. You cited (only) 64G of RAM as the issue, not a fully pimped out M5 Max. 😉

 

[Alameda]

Cheers, going with 48gb 😀 And enjoy what I ordered.

When you use Apple’s System Monitor to assess memory usage, the only useful measure is “Memory Pressure.” Many of the other uses are tasks just grabbing as much memory as they can, like disk and website caching into memory.

Chrome is an especially notorious memory hog; it will pre-fetch pages from URLs and hold them in memory. The OS will use as much memory as possible as disk cache but SSD is so fast that it’s of little value. My point is: Do not add up all of the “memory in use” and assume that you have used up all of your physical memory.


Then again, I did the same as you: Upgraded my 16 GB M1 Pro to a 48 GB M5 Pro. Good times!