I recommend that 8gb is enough. I tried it by myself (have been using M2 Air for few months). In my typical usage (browsing, email, pdf expert, Netflix, Spotify, office365, Ulysses, OneDrive/pCloud/iCloud, light video/photo editing plus few other small stuff), occupied ram is around 6gb with <100mb cache. I also rarely restart the machine (usually every 3-4 weeks).8GB may be sufficient right now, but websites and apps will demand more in future, so you might have trouble in a few years. Don't listen to those people who say "you don't need more" or "I never had an issue with it", those are the people that usually whine later about how they regret it and how it sucks that they can't add any extra Ram, so they end up buying a new Mac. If you upgrade your Mac every 2-3 years, fine, but if you plan on using it for 5-7 years, not really.
My advice: Buy it, don't open the seal, and sell it for a profit. Then go buy one with 16GB Ram.
Unless I have extra heavy works other than my usage now (ie VM), I don’t see I need more RAM than 8gb in the near future.
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