No, Doug. Buy more RAM and storage than you can afford. Sell your car, your boat, or your kids to raise the extra. I mean, nothing in life is as important as having enough RAM and storage, right? Oh, shoot. I forgot about CPU speed. Double whatever you think initially and sell your house to make up the difference.
Dave Carlson Woodworker, Musician, Oregonian, Engineer, Farfar dgcarlson0...@gmail.com On Feb 6, 2023, at 8:35 PM, doug.law...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks all. That's what I was sort of figuring. Get as much ram and storage as you can afford. Makes sense too. Best, Doug. Douglas Lawlor Email: doug.law...@gmail.com > On Feb 6, 2023, at 11:32 PM, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No matter what you think, and no matter what others think, you will always > want more RAM and storage later on. So best advice is to start with as much > RAM and storage as your budget allows, and then squeeze more juice out of the > carrot and move up to the next higher amount of RAM and storage. You won’t > regret spending the extra, and remember that once you get the computer you > can’t add more after the fact. > I’m sitting on a puny 500 G SSD and sorely wish I had purchased at least 1 Tb > when I bought it 4 years ago. > > Dave Carlson > Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Woodworker, Musician > dgcarlson0...@gmail.com > > > > > On Feb 6, 2023, at 7:20 PM, doug.law...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello all, > > It's been a long time since I posted here. I'm in the process of purchasing a > new Mac and was wondering how much ram and storage people are going with > these days? 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