Would you consider 8GB RAM if there's a discount?

[Isamilis]

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.

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).

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.

 

[ngel22]

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).

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.

you might change, circumstances might change, your work requirements might change, you might do heavy video editing in near future, generally things we are going to do in life are unpredictable and can change overnight. That's why it's better to pay slightly more and have more Ram, it does not cost the world. But it will cost you way more if you do not pay for the upgrade and then suddenly need it, then you need to buy a new Mac. Of course, if you buy one every year, then it doesn't matter. But I use my Macs for 7+ years, one of my Macs I'm using right now is nearly 9 years old now and works wonderfully.

 

[Isamilis]

you might change, circumstances might change, your work requirements might change, you might do heavy video editing in near future, generally things we are going to do in life are unpredictable and can change overnight. That's why it's better to pay slightly more and have more Ram, it does not cost the world. But it will cost you way more if you do not pay for the upgrade and then suddenly need it, then you need to buy a new Mac. Of course, if you buy one every year, then it doesn't matter. But I use my Macs for 7+ years, one of my Macs I'm using right now is nearly 9 years old now and works wonderfully.

I don’t believe future proofing. If my requirement change (due to I have to work on it commercially) I will just buy higher spec (pro model or studio) with my new higher income.
I have few iMac & MBP with base config which was just fine after 6-8 years. Again, my opinion is subjective to my +- 15 years experience using Mac.

 

[Mrbobb]

My advice: Buy it, don't open the seal, and sell it for a profit. Then go buy one with 16GB Ram.

^BEST ADVICE. How many are you allowed to purchase?

 

[dizmonk]

No. 16GB to me is a minimum and largely sufficient.