MacBook Pro M2 Max - 64GB enough?

[Dave Rowles]

My current MBP is 2017 and only has 16GB. For various accident reasons I'm thinking of upgrading. I reckon 64GB be enough. Can anyone convince me otherwise before I hit the button?

I'm mainly audio but do occasional video. I also plan on using the MBP to run live processing for audio using Live Professor.

[sonics]

The answer is it's more than enough.
I think you'll find that 32GB would be ample, but if you can afford the upgrade it's a good investment.
I don't know the exact details, because you don't mention things like what's running in Live Professor, or your video requirements.

[Nazard]

The only higher option is 96Gb RAM, 64Gb will be fine. (I run DaVinci Resolve on a PC with 64Gb RAM and given that th M series Macs, with onchip RAM are even better, then I would go for 64Gb). And I also have MBPs.

[Bob Bickerton]

Well I have an M1 Pro MacBook with 16GB RAM and it eats anything I can throw at it!

Rendering videos in FCP it hardly even gets warm. No issues running many tracks in Logic, though I don’t use much in the way of virtual instruments.

I’d go for 32GB unless you’re heavily into virtual instruments.

Bob

[Dave Rowles]

Sometimes I am, sometimes I'm not. I'm trying to think as much future proof for things I might need in the future than anything else. I know I don't really need more than 32GB right now, but as I intend to keep the machine 7/8 years before upgrading again, I like to think what I might need power wise by then....