frontpageDr.W posted May 04, 2026 04:49 AM
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frontpageDr.W posted May 04, 2026 04:49 AM
MacBook Pro: 14.2" Liquid Retina XDR, M5 Pro, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD
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I have not come close to using all the memory, no matter how much I throw at it. People don't understand how the Mac uses memory. It will try to fill all available memory by caching software, documents, web pages, you name it… it uses all the memory it can, but this is instantly purged or compressed as more memory is needed. The only measure of memory that measures is a gauge they call "Memory Pressure."
My prior system was the M1 Pro with 16 GB of RAM and only managed to push memory pressure hard a few times, when using many applications alongside a Docker LLM app, which is a notorious memory hog. But no problem editing 4K videos or 45 Mpixel RAW photos.
So, long story short, a 24 GB M5 Pro is a tremendously powerful computer.
Whats more, this model with M5 Pro isn't just a faster CPU, it includes 80 gb/s Thunderbolt 5. So as external SSDs get faster, you'll be able to get even faster SSDs than they have today. And the internal 1 TB SSD is twice as fast as the SSD of the M4 series SDD. There is a lot to love about this laptop!
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