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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Toroidal" data-source="post: 1923109" data-attributes="member: 415933">It's not huge at all. My 10 year old machine has 16GB RAM, and it's not upgradeable. 10 years later 32GB RAM is fine, some options are available for more. As far as internal storage, I upgraded to 2 TB about 5 years ago on this machine, and I am constantly filling up the internal drive to the point where I have to archive data to my 8TB backup drive every 2-3 months. I use my Macs for for digital audio and video processing and push the system to its limits every time. My phone has 512GB storage, and that is always getting filled until no storage is available, which also ends up being on my internal computer drive, which means that just to back up the phone you need about 400GB available. The idea that we don't require large amounts of internal storage only applies to people like email and facebook surfers.I could probably get away with only 16GB RAM, but for how long? Is there a case to be made for being frugal with RAM because it really is an unnecessary spec? I doubt it, and when I am buying USB thumb drives for $20 with 256GB capacity, we are living in a world where the MB gave way to the GB and the GB gave way to the TB and it's just a natural progression.</blockquote>

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