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Re:The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3 by kevindong on Saturday May 09, 2020 @01:18PM (#23126521)
The killer is (lots of) Docker containers. My work MBP has 16 GB of RAM and at times I'm running a dozen Docker containers, 1-2 IDEs, a couple Chrome tabs, and Slack. I don't usually hit 16 GB, but I do go significantly past 8 GB.

This is for (very large) web app(s).

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