I wouldn't say 32-64GB is too much for some of those tasks, CAD and the like could easily spike 128GB with modern systems. The RAM is just an option because the Intel processor is designed for servers/workstations and simply allows you to. It's also useful if you have a rig of GPU's, which this iMac is capable of powering a number of eGPU systems so for very remote circumstances I can see it being useful.
In comparison, a Dell workstation can run you a lot higher, the CPU and RAM being the primary cost drive
You call it browser bloat, but really it's javascript librairies bloat and images bloat. Nothing else on the web can waste CPU and RAM as fast as those two things.
It's browser bloat. It's not as if the web pages you're downloading are gigabytes in size, otherwise you'd use all your cellphone's data allowance in five pages.
Browsers like to cache enormous amounts of data, and that's where it starts getting really ugly. There's a good chance the entire page you're reading right now is stored in part as a giant bitmap so that your browser can scroll it without having to redraw it in real time. And if you think that's odd, it gets worse, because even if it isn't, the c
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I wouldn't say 32-64GB is too much for some of those tasks, CAD and the like could easily spike 128GB with modern systems. The RAM is just an option because the Intel processor is designed for servers/workstations and simply allows you to. It's also useful if you have a rig of GPU's, which this iMac is capable of powering a number of eGPU systems so for very remote circumstances I can see it being useful.
In comparison, a Dell workstation can run you a lot higher, the CPU and RAM being the primary cost drive
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Re:32GB useful for dev (Score:3)
You call it browser bloat, but really it's javascript librairies bloat and images bloat. Nothing else on the web can waste CPU and RAM as fast as those two things.
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It's browser bloat. It's not as if the web pages you're downloading are gigabytes in size, otherwise you'd use all your cellphone's data allowance in five pages.
Browsers like to cache enormous amounts of data, and that's where it starts getting really ugly. There's a good chance the entire page you're reading right now is stored in part as a giant bitmap so that your browser can scroll it without having to redraw it in real time. And if you think that's odd, it gets worse, because even if it isn't, the c