8GB of RAM is still enough for many Mac and Chromebook users. Windows 11 laptops increasingly treat 16GB as the new baseline. It really comes down to your workload and platform. Apple has a new ...

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To make sure everyone understands what we’re talking about, RAM, short for random access memory, is the short-term working memory of a computer. It temporarily holds the apps, files and data your Mac ...