How much RAM do I need? A guide for creative professionals

MacBook Pro M3 on a table
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With Black Friday Week firmly underway, you'll be wanting to make the right purchase decisions for a new laptop. When you choose a new laptop or desktop computer, one of the most important things to look at is RAM (Random Access Memory).

RAM is your computer's short-term memory, used to store data that the processor needs to access quickly. Broadly speaking, the more you have, the faster your computer should run. It's measured in gigabytes, shortened to GB.

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Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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