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[Szymon Chaber]

I'll be first to admin that it's 😶

I'm faced with a choice between MacBook Pro 16" M1 Pro with 16 GB RAM now & 32GB in 1-2 months.

In the meantime I would have only my 2016 Dell laptop.

Do you think that IntelliJ / Android Studio, Gradle builds & Android emulators will run that much faster on 32GB version?
Is it worth the wait?

[tseisel]

Depends on how long you plan on using that computer. I personally had the same decision to make and decided to wait for the 32GB RAM M1 Pro Macbook. When it comes to RAM, IMHO higher is always better.
I don't know about the 16GB version, but it definitely worth it.
Using Android Studio is a breeze. Emulated arm64 images run as if they were a real phone. Gradle builds run in seconds.

[Robert Williams]

I went through this exact upgrade earlier this year (2015 Dell -> 32GB M1 Pro) and I regularly use around 20GB for AS + gradle

[Robert Williams]

Don't really use emulators because of the app we're working on

[Robert Williams]

My Dell was 16 GB and it would regularly hang on intensive build steps (take with as much salt as you like because it was a much less powerful CPU and Mac memory model isn't quite the same as Linux)

[Paul Woitaschek]

Same here only that I waited for 64 gigs. Was also worth it, now I can run intellij for MPP, as for Android, xcode, figma at the same time.
16gb isn't future proof, not even really present proof

[ephemient]

unused RAM doesn't make anything faster. but between AS, Gradle, and emulators, you'll probably find use for it

[therealbluepandabear]

@Szymon Chaber undo that 'Not Kotlin' reaction, this channel states: 'A channel to discuss random topics, Kotlin related or not'.