Hi there. I do a lot of photo editing using Capture One and Photoshop. I am looking to upgrade my Macbook Air which is 7 years old as it can't handle the huge files I deal with. Would a new Macbook with 8GB or 16GB help me? Is it worth paying more and getting 16gb of RAM or is the 8gb strong enough to handle those two program software for me? Thanks.
If the software can actually use the additional RAM effectively. Just adding RAM is not automatically an assurance this is the case.
For Instance, the efficiency of MS Office products is not especially tied to amount of RAM, yo need a certain amount and adding more will do very little. But I get it about Audio-visiual needs
Thing is, with the Mac, what you buy is what you get ... and keep. You can't upgrade either after purchase; only at time of purchase.
So "future -proof" yourself as much as possible and buy the most of each you can afford.
If the software can actually use the additional RAM effectively. Just adding RAM is not automatically an assurance this is the case.
For Instance, the efficiency of MS Office products is not especially tied to amount of RAM, yo need a certain amount and adding more will do very little. But I get it about Audio-visiual needs
Thing is, with the Mac, what you buy is what you get ... and keep. You can't upgrade either after purchase; only at time of purchase.
So "future -proof" yourself as much as possible and buy the most of each you can afford.
The more resources the better in some cases.
But are your "huge" files eating up RAM or disk space? You seem to be confusing the two.
RAM = Memory (8GB; 16GB) and is volatile with data disappearing when the Mac is shut down.
Storage = Disk Space (128, 256, 512, GB and larger) and is permanent on the drive until deleted.
Large image file do sometimes fare better with more RAM.
It's not the storage space I'm worried about it's the actual running of my software when I do my editing. I know the more RAM you have the more software I can run at once with ease
Hello my friend, this is a difficult topic regarding the financial issue, but we can say that the more memory the better. Of course, in line with good hardware.
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16 GB.
No one ever regrets buying a Mac with too much RAM.
8gb or 16gb for photo editing software
