It does only have 8 GB of Ram which is the maximum amount it can take. But I guess I'm just an old school guy who is really anal about keeping things clean and working fast. It's also just good practice that I brought with me from my Engineering days. You may think everything is just flying, but believe me, it isn't. Once you get into some real software that needs the memory, then you notice the difference. Apple software is like Adobe stuff, it takes all the memory it can.
Unless I plan to use a program within the next 5 minutes, I don't just close it, I "quit" it. That frees up both the CPU and the Ram for the programs that work better with more of each available. After all, I can afford the extra few seconds it takes to open it from a non-resident state
