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I'm curious if an 8GB MacBook can run a macOS VM, and if so how much memory can be allocated to it.


Sure, it operates on an over allocation pattern. If you try to use most of the RAM, the system will begin compressing blocks of memory and will eventually begin swapping them to super fast NVMe storage. This may be fine for desktop productivity apps and web browsing, but will make the system feel sluggish when flipping between unrelated contexts.




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