It can also do things and still use the same 6 gigs.
MacOS caches a lot. That memory is freed when it’s needed for other things.
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Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 days agoMacOS is like 6 gb of ram doing nothing
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
No I keep seeing this “caches a lot” thing keeps getting repeated. Memory break downs already accounts for that. They shows the different break downs of ram usage. In use vs cached.
This is 6gb of inuse memory while the laptop is chilling. Cached memory is typically like 80% of whatever the ram is on your device. If you hit that 8gb your app is getting killed before the kernel kills a system process.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Okay I don’t think you’ve actually used MacOS lol
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
Ive got a stack of them right next to me. I work on them regularly. I know older versions of macOS are lean but Tahoe and Seqouia are noticeably heavier. Its not a problem because the devices running them have 16gb+ of ram. But I’m worried 8gb will impose contains on usage. I know it’ll do basic stuff like run a browser but i think people are overestimating how capable this device will be.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
That’s not true at all.
I constantly have Illustrator, Photoshop, Sibelius, Scrivener, and about 100 browser tabs open on my 10 year old MacBook with 8gb of RAM without issue.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
What version or macOS?
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Sequoia.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
That is pretty surprising to me. I noticed a significant bump in resource requirements for Sequoia. I’ve got a stack of macs next to me I’ll see if I can find one still running sequoia and reassess my opinion.