• AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I’ll admit I don’t use Macs, so maybe they are more efficient than the Linux and windows machines I work off…

    …but I typically use machines with 64GB and recently upgraded my personal machine to 128GB. I still swap about 50GB to my SSD from time to time.

    And I’m not doing heavy graphic design or movie editing stuff.

    I cannot fathom for the life of me how 8GB would ever be feasible.

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      8 months ago

      Dude, that’s how much RAM I used to have on a super high-end dev box at work with 56 cores. It was very helpful for compiling Chrome. WTF are you doing with a personal machine that needs that much RAM?

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        8 months ago

        I mean it’s my personal machine but I am a software engineer consultant/contractor so I use it for work, too.

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          8 months ago

          Ok fair enough. It’s just surprising to see someone say that. The standard-issue dev machine where I work is a laptop with 32 GB.