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16" Apple MacBook Pro (Late 2019): i9, 16GB RAM, 1 TB, Radeon Pro 5500M $2299 + free s/h
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Adorama did $300 price drops on the 32gb back in December. That plus no tax saved me like $600
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I have 10 chrome browsers open, slack, imessage, outlook, some random small programs, and tidal running now.
I'm using 24GB , with 5GB cached, and 11 in Swap (probably final cut pro X as I go in and out of it).
That means its using 40GB of memory right now. When I go video editing its sitting around 55-60GB , so it has headroom.
Most general users (like your usecase above) aren't going to notice any difference in performance between 8, 16, 32, and 64gb. At least not on a new model. But macOS will definitely use it if it's available.
Editing/Containers/etc. you're going to see a difference though. 16gb is still going to be enough for many. You'd need a real special use case for 64gb. It's a very low percentage of users who could maximize 64gb. There is always future proofing but it's for such a small % of users, less than 1% probably need it.
I have 10 chrome browsers open, slack, imessage, outlook, some random small programs, and tidal running now.
I'm using 24GB , with 5GB cached, and 11 in Swap (probably final cut pro X as I go in and out of it).
That means its using 40GB of memory right now. When I go video editing its sitting around 55-60GB , so it has headroom.
Most general users (like your usecase above) aren't going to notice any difference in performance between 8, 16, 32, and 64gb. At least not on a new model. But macOS will definitely use it if it's available.
Editing/Containers/etc. you're going to see a difference though. 16gb is still going to be enough for many. You'd need a real special use case for 64gb. It's a very low percentage of users who could maximize 64gb. There is always future proofing but it's for such a small % of users, less than 1% probably need it.
If you're just doing facebook and email, go with 16gb, if you're editing or coding get 64gb. It's worth the price upgrade.
I just ordered another 64gb for a new employee since I last posted, it's painful because its like $800 more than this one here but it is what it is . . . time is money and if the design team is showing me lags on their machine or stalls multiple times a day that cost over a few years for the time savings and hassle is worth it.
If you're just doing facebook and email, go with 16gb, if you're editing or coding get 64gb. It's worth the price upgrade.
I just ordered another 64gb for a new employee since I last posted, it's painful because its like $800 more than this one here but it is what it is . . . time is money and if the design team is showing me lags on their machine or stalls multiple times a day that cost over a few years for the time savings and hassle is worth it.
But I can see for your teams needing that headroom. You've obviously put time and thought into the ROI of the faster machines and what lag costs you, so it's likely worth it for you. Nothing wrong with that. You're probably aware that macOS will max out as much ram as you give it up to a certain level, even sometimes just running chrome.
My comments were more directed at those not in your use case, which is still a small percentage of all mac users. But I'm definitely not ragging on your thoughts or saying it's not worth it in your case! It's like all the people that bash mac's hardware to cost. It's not worth it to everyone to pay the premium, but it definitely is worth it to many to have less time troubleshooting, fixing, less build quality/etc in both sanity and real dollars.