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
I find this interesting. I run Cent Browser at home (A fork of Chrome) and with 25 tabs open (just counted them) Cent, and all its sub processes, eats up 1.5 Gigs of RAM. Now, I have 32GB (ECC DDR3) of memory in my system, so I don't notice, but you are not the only one complaining of high RAM usage from a browser.
Now, I am totaling the memory usage from Resource manager...are you calculating it is a different way perhaps?
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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:0)
Uh huh, your wife does.... research.... online.... sure
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I find this interesting. I run Cent Browser at home (A fork of Chrome) and with 25 tabs open (just counted them) Cent, and all its sub processes, eats up 1.5 Gigs of RAM.
Now, I have 32GB (ECC DDR3) of memory in my system, so I don't notice, but you are not the only one complaining of high RAM usage from a browser.
Now, I am totaling the memory usage from Resource manager...are you calculating it is a different way perhaps?
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