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<blockquote data-quote="bbnck" data-source="post: 1735943" data-attributes="member: 384434">Hi everyone,Thanks for your responses. OK, I am starting to believe a RAM upgrade is in order. I've been fine on 8 GB RAM on a number of machines but maybe having an SSD on my Windows computer has spoiled me into thinking it's enough when it might have been paging without me noticing. To achieve the best performance, is it advisable to get 8 x 4 GB memory modules (which would replace the existing 2 x 4 GB modules in my iMac) or 2 x 4 GB memory modules to install in the 2 free memory slots, or is the difference trivial?No, XProtect and common sense seem sufficient for most people, so is for me too.Regardless of whether or not VirtualBox is affecting performance, I haven't got much choice either way as it's the only free option to create Vagrant VMs as far as I am aware.Memory pressure has always been green, even when I've got a lot running during a busy work day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbnck, post: 1735943, member: 384434"] Hi everyone, Thanks for your responses. OK, I am starting to believe a RAM upgrade is in order. I've been fine on 8 GB RAM on a number of machines but maybe having an SSD on my Windows computer has spoiled me into thinking it's enough when it might have been paging without me noticing. To achieve the best performance, is it advisable to get 8 x 4 GB memory modules (which would replace the existing 2 x 4 GB modules in my iMac) or 2 x 4 GB memory modules to install in the 2 free memory slots, or is the difference trivial? No, XProtect and common sense seem sufficient for most people, so is for me too. Regardless of whether or not VirtualBox is affecting performance, I haven't got much choice either way as it's the only free option to create Vagrant VMs as far as I am aware. Memory pressure has always been green, even when I've got a lot running during a busy work day. [/QUOTE]

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