Many thanks to you, St. Expedite, for protecting me from the actions of an unjust landlord. You have done what I asked these many months, and I thank you for it from the bottom of my heart. I sing your praises publicly as I promised! And more offerings will be forthcoming! Hodie Hodie Hodie! 🌹🕯️🌹
Wondering if now is the time to upgrade, or to wait out the storm. I'm a Mac user, but even they've started having to make concessions to the RAM shortages, which seem like they're only going to get worse.
I have an iMac 27" from late 2020 that I upgraded the RAM on myself when I got it (64GB DDR4). It's still running great and does what I need (I'm an offline editor, mostly film and TV, don't do any crazy VFX work or colour myself). However, at 6 years old I'm starting to worry it'll slow down soon, or that the graphics card will die on me or something. And if prices are just going to keep going up, I'm wondering if I should upgrade in advance of my machine dying. Are other editors also preemptively doing this?
Do I splurge on a Mac Studio, hoping it'll last? Do I get a Mac mini with extra RAM? I like the iMac, but I don't know if the new models are the right call. And it doesn't look like anything Apple is offering right now would allow me to keep using my extra RAM since there was only a brief, beautiful window where they allowed users to self-upgrade.
What is everyone else doing to prepare themselves for the RAMpocalypse?