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macOS - Notebook Hardware
Should 4GB of RAM be enough for a macbook Pro?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1663948" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>It "should" be, but it's really not with any modern OS except maybe some of the Linux variants.</p><p></p><p>The question is, however, are you seeing any impact in the way your machine is running or are you only looking at the usage patterns via CMM, Activity Monitor, etc... and worrying about all your RAM being in use?</p><p></p><p>While Yosemite seems to be using 4GB on boot up (at least on all the Macs I have here), unlike Mavericks when I had to keep a memory manager in the Menu bar to manually free up memory, I've found Yosemite does a pretty good job with only 4 GB on board. Good enough that it was a rare occasion I noticed the spinning ball due to lack of available memory and was able to remove the memory management tool.</p><p></p><p>If your Mac has upgradeable memory slots, then I'd say without a doubt, upgrade. If not, I'd suggest you quit looking at the memory use and just use your computer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1663948, member: 24160"] It "should" be, but it's really not with any modern OS except maybe some of the Linux variants. The question is, however, are you seeing any impact in the way your machine is running or are you only looking at the usage patterns via CMM, Activity Monitor, etc... and worrying about all your RAM being in use? While Yosemite seems to be using 4GB on boot up (at least on all the Macs I have here), unlike Mavericks when I had to keep a memory manager in the Menu bar to manually free up memory, I've found Yosemite does a pretty good job with only 4 GB on board. Good enough that it was a rare occasion I noticed the spinning ball due to lack of available memory and was able to remove the memory management tool. If your Mac has upgradeable memory slots, then I'd say without a doubt, upgrade. If not, I'd suggest you quit looking at the memory use and just use your computer. [/QUOTE]
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