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Re:Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro by nerdponx on Sunday November 07, 2021 @09:45PM (#29145720)
4 GB is maybe small nowadays, but memory-intensive is relative.

I'd argue that _most_ programmers or even data analysts don't need more than 8 GB to perform their actual work.

But realistically they need 16+ anyway because of opening 200 browser tabs, memory-heavy IDEs, etc. 32 or 64 is nice for sure, but definitely not needed for actual "work" workloads for the most part.

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Re:Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro by eru on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @08:36AM (#29174450)
Having many browser tabs open (for research) is part of the 'actual work'.
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Re:Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro by lilyball on Monday November 08, 2021 @03:22AM (#29147133)
They need 16+ anyway because of running 2 or 3 Electron apps.
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