MacBook Pro M3 16 gb RAM / 1TB SSD consumes a lot of RAM

arda182 wrote:

MacBook arrived today. It consumes 9.6gb of RAM with just 3 tabs in Safari. How much will it consume with open programs like Photoshop? My friends had warned me to buy overpriced Macs, but I didn't think it would be this bad

I see no issue. Zero swap...

Un-used RAM is wasted RAM.

If you have a RAM issue your memory pressure would be in the RED

You have to go way back almost 10 years for your perspective on RAM and usage....prior to OS X 10.9 Mavericks (2013)

ref: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/os-x-10-9/17/

If you are looking for issues, look somewhere else.