12-01-2021, 05:54 PM
jdc wrote:
[quote=sekker]
I just checked, this M1 iMac is using 14GB of RAM without any special programs running. It's a sweet ride. I wonder what it would be like if it only had 8GB - might be a little bit bumpier moving to virtual via SSD.
If you go back a week or so I posted some videos of a 14" MBP w/16 GB using nearly 10 GB of swap... and there was practically zero slow down.
Admittedly the M1P chip has higher everything vs M1, but they were throwing everything at it -- but kept up nicely.
I wonder whether such SSD use were to be chronic would cause wear issues down the road. RAM is designed to be dynamic; SSDs definitely have a lifetime ceiling.