MacBook Air 512GB with 8/16GB RAM

Hi all,

I am works with data and all my useful it’s Python with panda & pyspark

and also create a db locally to work with MySQL.

MacBook Air 512GB and memory of 8 GB it’s enough for me?

Thanks!

Posted on Mar 18, 2023 08:23 AM

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kaz-k

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Posted on Mar 18, 2023 10:08 AM

Hi,

I think you should get 16GB RAM model since you can't upgrade RAM when you feel you need more RAM and I think 16GB is the standard RAM size of the Mac.

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