16GB RAM will certainly help for your usage. Whether to get the 2016 13" MBP or the 13" MBPTB, it all boils down to your budget. No matter how one prefers the physical function keys of the non-touch bar version, nobody can deny that the touch bar is indeed very useful for all sorts of people. The non-touch bar version does have better battery life as it doesn't need to power a second display (i.e., the touch bar), but it does have a considerably slower processor and only two USB Type-C ports (compared to 4 ports on the touch bar version). This lack of ports is significant because once you charge your MacBook Pro or leave it charged while it is being used (with the charger taking one of the USB Type-C ports), you would then only have practically one single functional port. A multi-port dongle could remedy this, but it nevertheless is still an issue to be considered.

Since you are contemplating on upgrading the 13" MBPTB from 8GB RAM to 16GB (which you need to pay a hefty amount for the upgrade on RAM alone), and if you are not that tight on budget plus if you are okay with a larger laptop, the base model 15" MBPTB (with 16GB RAM already onboard) will suit your needs perfectly. Reason being the Quad Core i7 with hyper-threading technology on the 15-incher is much better for CPU-intensive apps.

Also, the 15-incher tends to give slightly better battery life for light-to-average usage than the 13" MBPTB due to the larger battery capacity on the 15-incher. You can look around for reviews to confirm this. Personally, I'm very happy with my MBPTB 15-incher's battery life too.

This post has been edited by shockk: Mar 1 2017, 06:19 PM

For gaming, try considering getting an external graphics dock like the RAZER Core or similar ones from brands like Asus, etc.

Chuck in a GTX1060 minimum to the dock and your ready to rock. Hehe.

Yup. Sadly optimisation still lacks in the Mac version of MS Office but I'm glad they added in proper Touch Bar support which I do find very useful for my workflow.

Then no worries. The integrated GPU in even the 2016 MBP is quite decent for certain games.

Yes, Bootcamp surely is a must for an optimal gaming experience.

I believe the Razer Core is quite a challenge to acquire in Malaysia, but I noticed that the Asus XG Station 2 seems to be selling already - saw the demo unit at the Asus ROG Showroom in Low Yat Plaza.

Last time when I was using my MacBook 12 with 8GB of RAM, actually did not really notice any slowdown even with many apps open. Mac OS memory management is quite stunning.

Now with my 2016 MBPtb 15", seems that less SSD-cache is used for memory, so everything kind of feels a tad snappier. (screenshot below)



This post has been edited by shockk: Mar 7 2017, 02:31 PM

Cloud Storage for the win!

Nothing better than persistent-backup for a worry-free life.

Also, these days with Apple Music and Spotify, streaming is indeed the way to go.

Though I would say that increased SSD storage is quite useful for professional video editors, but is surely not a must as a Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 external hard drive offers speeds fast enough to work off from.

Even when I was multi-tasking considerably heavy on my MacBook 12-inch Retina with 8GB RAM (before I upgraded to the 2016 MBPtb with 16GB RAM), never once did a similar error as you mention pop up.

Thus, this is one of the many reasons why I love the MacOS over Windows, though I would say that Windows 10 has been quite good to me too (on my Windows laptop).

This post has been edited by shockk: Mar 13 2017, 01:36 AM