QUOTE(westlife @ Nov 14 2019, 12:18 AM)
i do connect my macbook pro 13-inch 2017 to ethernet also since my usb-c dongle has it. but important reason is it is running 24x7 at home on my table which i did not even move.
if you are really carrying your macbook pro here and there, it is a different case.
although i pointed the wifi 6 on the new macbook pro. to be frank, for real life usage, the 802.11ac is still pretty sufficient.
dun forget also to support wifi 6, ur wifi router etc needs to support it also.
AC with consumer router is okay for mobile usage and light to medium usage with relatively low speed internet, but when you have 1Gbps up/dl, wired > wifi...
QUOTE(zeroendless @ Nov 14 2019, 12:54 AM)
Once you used up most the ports, plus external high res monitors with mobile grade video card... things start to break apart, devices start to drop connections and slow down. External HDD for instance, you can't even play video. I open probably 30-50 browsers tabs when i code, my MBP couldn't handle it but the 128GB iMac just chilling...
desktop Mac utilise the RAM more aggressively as it should compared to MacBooks, my 2014 mini fully utilise 16GB RAM within 30 minutes on boot and once it start compressing and swapping, everything slow downs as it couldn't free up enough ram in a short time
if the mini was equipped with CPU that support large ram like the iMac, 3 digit ram
QUOTE(westlife @ Nov 14 2019, 04:02 AM)
Yeah should be a worthy upgrade, just that for 13-inch MacBook Pro users, the 2kg weight can be a bummer.
browser tabs or loading big files need ram yes but likely not due to 128gb ram. what is the number of tabs or the size of big file to load at once in order to fully utilise 128gb ram? u will likely to hit the bottleneck by other factors such as processor etc.
And application itself also makes a difference, chrome or photoshop are known to be hunger for ram but it is due to the application too.
Similar application such as safari or Final Cut Pro x will utilise ram in a different ways too.
For most use cases for most people, I dun think they can fully utilise the 128gb ram due to all the factors that can bottleneck it. Even it can, it is likely nor for constant workload for the use cases. It is likely for niche group of people who know exactly what they are doing.
talking about browser (chromium) being a ram hog, the other day I woke up to this, sugoiii