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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by sofixa on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:10PM (#29085160)
You're forgetting swap. Not to mention professionals in domains like photography, design, video, etc. who might chew through big files frequently.
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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by nottorp on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @04:13PM (#29086798)
> You're forgetting swap.

8 Gb should be enough for everyone :)

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by 1123581321 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:40PM (#29085622)
Swap and other system activity is factored. Most heavy workloads wear other parts of the system as well. As another user pointed out, truly heavy storage and scratch system based workloads want to use large externals anyway, for other reasons.
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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by rangoon626 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:32PM (#29086333)
Yes. Don't RAM-max at your own peril.
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