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henry2023

8 Gb is fine, running docker on a dev instance is not

"You're holding it wrong"

> running docker on a dev instance is not

Why? This is what Docker is for.

The point is, this is not what the lowest-end Mac laptop is for.

If you know you're going to be running Docker, and you buy a computer with 8GB of RAM, I'm afraid I have very little sympathy for you. You should know exactly what you're going to get.

This thread was started with "When I started my current job they gave me an M1 Mac with 8GB...", which is the main point, in a professional environment the person responsible for purchasing new machines might not even know about these requirements, or will likely believe that the developer just wants a nicer machine for no reason, when others in the office use the base model without a problem.

Then I sympathize, but it's no more Apple's fault than it would be Google's if the people responsible for purchasing new machines had bought them a Chromebook.

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