Is that "Pro Enough" for you?

As I mentioned in "The 16GB MBP Fiasco" article, it is hard to define a "pro" Mac user.  However, I found "Can We Put the 16GB “Pro” Myth to Rest?" by Jonathan Zdziarski very interesting:

There were several more apps that he opened, so look at his site for more detail, but his conclusion is as follows:

"Once again, the system began doing its job and paging out before I ever hit that 16GB max. At this point, I stopped launching applications and documents.Conclusion, again, is that it takes an enormous amount of work to burn up 16GB of RAM on your MacBook Pro, unless you’re running a lot of poorly written apps that hog memory, have bloatware running at startup, or possibly doing a lot of advanced, high-end video editing (which I hope to experiment with at some point).  Activity Monitor is a great way to see what’s chewing on your system, and a good starting point for figuring out what apps are causing problems for you."

Is the Pro enough?

Once again, I am not saying the MBP is for everyone.  However, with the number of Youtubers and Podcasters describing this as a major issue with the new 2016 MBP, I think it is nice to have a way to put this into perspective for those that don't really know what 16GB can do.  As I posted in my earlier article, if you work with video, there are major advantages to using Final Cut Pro vs Adobe Premier Pro (even when you discount the fact that you can buy Final Cut, but have to rent Adobe Premier forever).