Is 8GB RAM enough these days?

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JEBB wrote:
I see a number of ads for Macs with 8GB RAM. I am using a 2012 Macbook Pro with 16GB RAM and sometimes it seems to be too little when I am running a number of apps. Perhaps newer Macs are better than my old Mac?

Assuming it has a SSD?

What does "seems too little" mean? Perhaps the issues arent RAM related? and lets just throw out the fact that we are discussing the performance of a near 8 year old computer...

I have 32, no idea if I bump up against it... but I want 64... which is impossible with my current mac...