Macs manage memory and swap in a way that makes them feel much more responsive when you have a lot of common applications open at once (or something like a lot

Macs manage memory and swap in a way that makes them feel much more responsive when you have a lot of common applications open at once (or something like a lot of browser tabs at once), but if you’re literally doing a single task that uses a given amount of ram, you need that much ram or you’ll slow way down.