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		robryan on Nov 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MacBook Pro (2016) disappointment pushes some Appl... People that need more memory are most likely to be the ones commenting regarding memory. I suspect that the majority of developers aren't going to need more memory, at least not for 99% of their job. Also no doubt people want a bump on the specs from the last generation, even if it isn't needed.

AsyncAwait on Nov 1, 2016 [–]

Also if you buy now, you want your MBP to last a while, 16GB is the new 8GB - it's fine now, but it may hit a limit in a handful of years.

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