MBP 16

[Jonr515]

Would the 16GB of RAM be good for running Adobe Lightroom and photoshop (No graphic design, just photos)?

Thanks,

Jon

 

[mtneer]

It can run both those applications no problem. But what is the scale of your operation - if incremental minutes or seconds matter to how much food you can put on your table then you need to look for more horsepower.

 

[Jonr515]

It can run both those applications no problem. But what is the scale of your operation - if incremental minutes or seconds matter to how much food you can put on your table then you need to look for more horsepower.

Average photo file size is around 32mb, would that be minutes or seconds?

 

[dhcofc]

Honestly I would say if you have to ask if we are talking about minutes or seconds, you’ll be fine with 16 GB. The hard drives are so fast on this machine when you have to swap data to the SSD from the RAM it won’t be a big deal.

 

[Jonr515]

Honestly I would say if you have to ask if we are talking about minutes or seconds, you’ll be fine with 16 GB. The hard drives are so fast on this machine when you have to swap data to the SSD from the RAM it won’t be a big deal.

I had a 2018 MBP 13 with 16GB and it seemed fine, how much difference would the 32gb make?

 

[bill-p]

Lightroom won't benefit Much from the extra RAM unless you are doing panorama stitching and each photo is of sufficiently high resolution.

Photoshop will benefit from more RAM but it depends entirely on your workflow. If you have a lot of layers, then more RAM will help. If you are just adding texts and some simple effects, typically the processor matters more, and in any case, the 16" should leave the 13" far behind. I still have my 2018 13" here and the 16" is by far the faster machine.

I don't use Lightroom much, though. My workflow has shifted towards Capture One. I only launch up Lightroom to look at older catalogs.