This is just my opinion based on how I use my computer.

I have now had this computer for just over 6 months, and I have been monitoring the RAM (using Activity Monitor) that is used by my normal applications. I have open all the time the following: Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and Messages. I also use a VPN that is always connected.Then I open and close those apps that I am using. I often have Safari and either pages, numbers or Keynote open at the same time. I use many others, but the numbers below are based on these basic applications.All the above takes consistently 22 GB of RAM. That is why I have been recommending when someone looks at a new computer that they get the maximum RAM they can afford or that the computer supports, even if they have to scale back on the internal SSD or disk (which can be added externally after purchase). 8 GB is NOT ENOUGH in today’s RAM intensive software.

Frank Croft