8GB of RAM on a laptop today is f-ing ridiculous.
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dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoI hate to say it, but it’s actually quite powerful trash that they produce.
ikidd@lemmy.world 6 days ago
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Lol I agree. The value is horrendous when you spec one of their products to have decent storage/ram, but nevertheless can’t fault the speed of their ARM chips.
MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee 6 days ago
That’s how much more efficient MacOS and the M series silicon is.
pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 5 days ago
My Linux system uses about 1 GB idle and yet I’m glad to have 16 GB - not because I wouldn’t mostly be fine with 8, but because it just keeps more doors open. Can run more demanding programs, more programs simultaneously, can host something in the background, …
The OS itself is more efficient than Windows, yes. But that’s not a hard task, and it’s less efficient than many Linux distros. No matter how efficient you are, 8 GB non-expandable RAM is not enough nowadays.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
Way more than you need for Facebook and pornhub. 8GB is fine for a low spec laptop.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Yeah, I’m in the process of shifting all of my workflows over to Linux/Android from all-Apple, but my Macs are a huge sticking point. My main computer is an M2 Macbook Air, which is ridiculously quick. I’m basically just waiting for Asahi to gain display port over USB, at which point I’ll ditch macOS. But until then…