And as soon as 32GB became available, those same hardcores where asking where the 64GB options were. I had workflows on desktops with only 32GB of RAM that would choke, but it was a Hackintosh, so I was able to bump up to 64GB and the issues went away. Which is why 16GB max is so hard for me to wrap my head around
Can you give some examples of workflows that need that much ram? I stay away from docker and VMs, and I really struggle to think of everyday situations where more than 16gb of ram is going to be worth it for me.
I shoot lots of timelapse on a full frame dslr RAW. I import my image sequences into after effects at full image size at 16bit color (the RAW is 14bit native). Exporting those 1:1 image size would choke on 32GB. Upping to 64GB saw the errors go away.
IME if you are not doing video editing, it will be docker and VMs. So it makes sense that devs would want the 32g (standard at my work, too). When I got my own personal laptop. 16G was fine, and I haven't had issues.
