Your MacBook is a cell phone?! Hahaha jk
Comment on Entire Mac Lineup Now Finally Starts With at Least 16GB RAM, Ending 8GB Era
ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
My daily driver MacBook Pro has 8GB of RAM, and so far, that’s been perfectly sufficient for my needs. Some might argue that 8GB is inadequate for a 1,700€ device, but I don’t think most people would notice a difference. This focus on specs might make more sense with computers, but with smartphones especially, I never understood the obsession with performance. My mid-range Samsung handles everything instantly - I can’t think of a reason it would need to be any faster.
Gingernate@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Defaced@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MacOS, no matter what anyone says, has extremely efficient memory management. It’s seriously impressive how efficient that OS truly is, and it’s no surprise they stuck with 8GB for so long. The thing these clickbait articles don’t really bring to light is that the 16GB increase is really for Apple intelligence. If that wasn’t a thing these Macs would stick to 8GB.