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Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? by greyhair on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:59PM (#25259576)
Unless you are doing some crazy synthesis or simulation, 32GB is plenty.

Maybe editing 4K (or in the future, 8K) video might need more?

My brother does a lot of complex thermal airflow simulation, and his workstation has 192GB of RAM, but that is an extreme use case.

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Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? by threeseed on Monday November 30, 2020 @05:18PM (#25259770)
8GB MacBook Air can easily handle 4K.

And it can handle 8K for 1-2 streams and starts to lag at 4+.

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