The only time I recommend 8GB to anyone for an iMac is because I tell them to buy 3rd party RAM and self-install. If one does more intense work like video and/or photography, running virtual machines (I do), then 32GB on the desktop would be preferable. Using an SSD drive does compensate a bit when using 8GB, but if one looks at system resources, almost all 8GB is consumed just opening up Safari, along with what the system uses just to keep things running. It gives one's machine that much more breathing room. While 8GB is fine, 16GB is the bare minimum I would recommend anyone get. However, when I upgraded it to 64GB it was a night/day difference for my particular use-case. I'll tell you when I used my iMac that first month with 8B, it was fine. I do a lot of photography work working with memory-sucking Adobe applications, and run virtual machines (Windows).
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