For the mac users, do you recommend 16 gb or is 8 enough for general photoshop and lightroom use?
Tony-S Cream of the Crop  9,911 posts Likes: 209 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA More info | Jul 04, 2013 23:04 | #2 You can never have enough RAM! My Mac Mini has 16 GB and my brand new i7 Haswell MacBook Air has 8 GB. Both are very snappy with Aperture and Photoshop. I suspect the MBA's ePCI3 SSD helps quite a bit. "Raw" is not an acronym, abbreviation, nor a proper noun; thus, it should not be in capital letters.
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MCAsan Goldmember  3,918 posts Likes: 88 Joined Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta More info | Jul 04, 2013 23:38 | #3 I would not build or purchase a quad core these days without 16GB. If the machine is only dual core, probably stick with 8GB.
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Luckless Goldmember 3,064 posts Likes: 189 Joined Mar 2012 Location: PEI, Canada More info | Jul 08, 2013 18:52 | #5 benji25 wrote in post #16102887  Also do not buy from apple. Buy third party and install yourself. Assuming you purchase a model of Mac that supports user upgrades to ram (Many models these days have soldered ram behind inaccessible cases) Canon EOS 7D | EF 28 f/1.8 | EF 85 f/1.8 | EF 70-200 f/4L | EF-S 17-55 | Sigma 150-500
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Tony-S Cream of the Crop 9,911 posts Likes: 209 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA More info | Jul 08, 2013 20:09 | #6 Luckless wrote in post #16103003 Assuming you purchase a model of Mac that supports user upgrades to ram (Many models these days have soldered ram behind inaccessible cases) That would be the MacBook Airs, Retina MacBook Pros and the 21" iMac. The Mac Mini, non-Retina MacBook Pros, 27" iMac and Mac Pro have user-upgradable RAM. The Mac Mini, non-Retina MacBook Pros Mac Pro also have user-upgradable hard drives. "Raw" is not an acronym, abbreviation, nor a proper noun; thus, it should not be in capital letters.
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Luckless Goldmember 3,064 posts Likes: 189 Joined Mar 2012 Location: PEI, Canada More info | Jul 08, 2013 21:23 | #7 Thank you Tony-S. I thought it was the 27" iMac that had user accessible ram to allow upgrades, but I wasn't completely sure. Canon EOS 7D | EF 28 f/1.8 | EF 85 f/1.8 | EF 70-200 f/4L | EF-S 17-55 | Sigma 150-500
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lomenak Senior Member 649 posts Likes: 15 Joined Jan 2011 Location: Auckland, New Zealand More info | yeah for the 27" iMac definitely order only minimum and buy your own and install yourself. I saved $600 on the 32GB!
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