8GB of RAM, especially with an SSD, should be plenty for most people. However those of us who tend to keep lots of tabs open in our browser and run multiple programs will notice some improvement with the additional RAM. That said, even though my desktop has 16GB and my MBP has 8GB I've seldom felt my MBP was at a disadvantage due to RAM. Then again, I don't use Chrome which I think is insanely RAM intensive.
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Mac OS X only can support 96 GB of RAM. Comparison Chart. All differences between the standard 'Mid-2012' Mac Pro models - the Mac Pro 'Quad Core' 3.2 (2012) and 'Twelve Core' 2.4 (2012)- processors, architecture, configuration, identifiers, and price - are summarized below.
Mid 2012 Macbook Ram
Apple Mac Pro Mid 2012
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