Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Has anyone gotten the new 16 inch Macbook Pro? (Is it worth upgrading to 32 GB RAM?)
CandyCanes wrote:
I currently have the 2012 Macbook Retina. Is it worth upgrading?
As long as you don't tell us what you intend to do with it the answer is no, it is not worth it. That answer will probably stay that way even if you tell us what you intend to do. Mostly because for "home use" web browsing and printing recipes your 2012 model is enough. If you are a professional photographer/videographer a workstation with hand picked components will eat your MacBookPro alive - costing half the money even if you don't build it yourself. As a developer - well you want a keyboard, a real one. And Linux. So it is not worth paying money for getting a touchbar and an OS you don't need. Playing games? Just stop playing with your life...
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Has anyone gotten the new 16 inch Macbook Pro? (Is it worth upgrading to 32 GB RAM?)
cathy78 wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I currently have the 2012 Macbook Retina. Is it worth upgrading?
As long as you don't tell us what you intend to do with it the answer is no, it is not worth it. That answer will probably stay that way even if you tell us what you intend to do. Mostly because for "home use" web browsing and printing recipes your 2012 model is enough. If you are a professional photographer/videographer a workstation with hand picked components will eat your MacBookPro alive - costing half the money even if you don't build it yourself. As a developer - well you want a keyboard, a real one. And Linux. So it is not worth paying money for getting a touchbar and an OS you don't need. Playing games? Just stop playing with your life...
For some reason, my 2012 Retina frequently lags and/or stops responding even just browsing with multiple Chrome windows open.
I'm getting a PhD in political science so I need something that's able to handle large datasets in R, but not sure how much power is actually needed for that. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Has anyone gotten the new 16 inch Macbook Pro? (Is it worth upgrading to 32 GB RAM?)
CandyCanes wrote:
cathy78 wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I currently have the 2012 Macbook Retina. Is it worth upgrading?
As long as you don't tell us what you intend to do with it the answer is no, it is not worth it. That answer will probably stay that way even if you tell us what you intend to do. Mostly because for "home use" web browsing and printing recipes your 2012 model is enough. If you are a professional photographer/videographer a workstation with hand picked components will eat your MacBookPro alive - costing half the money even if you don't build it yourself. As a developer - well you want a keyboard, a real one. And Linux. So it is not worth paying money for getting a touchbar and an OS you don't need. Playing games? Just stop playing with your life...
For some reason, my 2012 Retina frequently lags and/or stops responding even just browsing with multiple Chrome windows open.
I'm getting a PhD in political science so I need something that's able to handle large datasets in R, but not sure how much power is actually needed for that.
Something like opening a bunch of tabs in an internet browser will gobble lots of memory. In your application it sounds like you would need to buy a computer with the most memory you can afford.
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Has anyone gotten the new 16 inch Macbook Pro? (Is it worth upgrading to 32 GB RAM?)
CandyCanes wrote:
cathy78 wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I currently have the 2012 Macbook Retina. Is it worth upgrading?
As long as you don't tell us what you intend to do with it the answer is no, it is not worth it. That answer will probably stay that way even if you tell us what you intend to do. Mostly because for "home use" web browsing and printing recipes your 2012 model is enough. If you are a professional photographer/videographer a workstation with hand picked components will eat your MacBookPro alive - costing half the money even if you don't build it yourself. As a developer - well you want a keyboard, a real one. And Linux. So it is not worth paying money for getting a touchbar and an OS you don't need. Playing games? Just stop playing with your life...
For some reason, my 2012 Retina frequently lags and/or stops responding even just browsing with multiple Chrome windows open.
I'm getting a PhD in political science so I need something that's able to handle large datasets in R, but not sure how much power is actually needed for that.
Open your app and set an average workspace..
Go to some sort of control panel* that will show you how much memory that app is currently using..
Keep main app open and then get your average browse on with multiple windows..
Check memory usage of both
*I only know PC
I use Firefox and it uses a lot of memory and cpu on older machines nowadays..
Check your budget.. If you are person who likes to buy a complete care/accidental damage then buy new.. If not.. it is just a computer.. buy a used one and some 70% isopropyl alcohol and take it home..
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