I killed a few unused apps and all was good. Safari and Firefox each with a dozen tabs open, Mail, Messages, Preview, Calendar, one or more Notes apps, Scrivener, and Final Cut Pro, and utilities including Copyclip, iStat Menus, Magnet, Default Folder, Typinator, Thesaurus, and a VPN.Īlso: Best iPad: Which model should you buy?Īfter several hours of adding load I started seeing beach balls. One day I wanted to see what it would take to overwhelm 8GB of RAM, so I left every app, window, and tab open all day. However, the excellent performance of the 4GB iPad Pro gave me the confidence to buy the 8GB MacBook Air. No regrets with 8GB memoryĪpple charges an exorbitant $25/GB for RAM.
