MacOS doesn't use RAM as windows does, the more you have, the more that'll be used. In MacOS unused RAM is wasted ram, you'll be using more with 16GB as a buffer and with caching, an 8GB M1 Air is a perfect spec, still can do video and photo editing with it too.
YouMayNotRestNow
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Windows does caching, buffers and compression, but doesn’t saturate RAM the same as a Unix/Linux or MacOS based system.