Comment on 8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year agoThis ^
Architecture changes can happen as much as they want, but there’s certain tasks that require a fixed amount of memory, and between that and poor developer optimization I doubt these improvements will be seen by the end user.
The CPUs really are great. It’s hard to want any other laptop when the performance/battery life are so great on the M series
there’s certain tasks that require a fixed amount of memory
Sure… and 8GB of memory is enough to edit photos (raw or jpeg is irrelevant by the way - once decompressed they both use the same amount of RAM and they are decompressed when you’re editing them).
photoshop […] lean
???
Yeah, not sure if they’ve used PS in the last few years, but lean is not a word I’d use to describe it
You’re entirely leaving out the ~2-4GB of system overhead, 1-2gb just to have PS open and then having headroom left on top.
Oh and by the way, Lightroom eats ~45gb of RAM when importing. Also file sizes are much bigger for any decent camera now. I shoot 45MP and files are huge now
jmp242@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I find it pretty easy to want other laptops because I don’t use Apple stuff because I dislike their UX. I know I’m weird but if I never have to get close to OSX or iOS I’m pretty happy.
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I really like apples OS and their UX is miles better than windows and any Linux desktop I’ve used. The main computer runs windows, but if I never have to touch another windows laptop I’d be very happy. The trackpad experience alone makes it better than any windows laptop I’ve ever used.
Linux is flat out not an option in any way since Lightroom and photoshop don’t run.
jmp242@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Fair enough. As I’ve gotten into photography I have avoided all Adobe products due to how shit they are from a OS clean living point of view, and then being a subscription. But I also don’t heavily edit my photos so ART / Rawtherapee and GIMP work ok for me.
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m working on becoming a freelance photographer, so adobe isn’t even close to optional. Unfortunately adobe makes good products on a shitty subscription model.
I’m going to take another look at darktable, but the size of my library doesn’t help anything with open source programs
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Damn, I find it the opposite. Apple’s UX is a nightmare, though better than Windows. The window management is dreadful, tiling doesn’t exist, and you have to remember the craziest keyboard shortcuts to do the most basic of things.
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tiling can be replaced by 3rd party apps pretty easily.
I’m more interested in what keybinds you’re needing to use constantly. I can’t think of more than 3 or 4 that get used, all the others are extreme niche cases
iminahurry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Thanks for saying this, it’s such an unpopular opinion.
I got a Mac Mini last year and it was dreadful. I used nothing but the Mac for 2 months and still couldn’t get used to it. Half the things required the use of birth mouse and keyboard, neither is sufficient on its own for the most basic of things. Finally sold it off and went back to my PC with dual boot of windows and Ubuntu.
BURN@lemmy.world 1 year ago
To be fair, the Mac mini is the worst way to experience macOS. macOS works much better with a trackpad and Apple keyboard, which eliminates a lot of your problems I think.
I also have a Mac mini and it barely gets used because it’s a shitty experience to use with a typical windows based mouse and keyboard.
iminahurry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I would definitely agree to that. Even as I used it, I could see certain elements designed in a way that would suit a trackpad better.
The worst part was the scrolling experience. It was either too slow or too fast. Could never scroll at a comfortable speed. Never feel this way when I sometimes use my colleagues’ macbooks (my company provides Macs, but I need certain applications which necessitate a Windows machine for me).
ghterve@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why don’t you use an apple kbd/mouse/trackpad with your macmini?