Comment on 8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests

• DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My kid grabbed an 8/256 M2 Air when they first launched last year, and is still overjoyed with its performance. He has a PS5 for gaming, so the Mac is for uni work and downloading shit. 8gb RAM isn’t inherently bad.

  It’s just as you said though; it’s bad for a “Pro” machine.

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  • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    $1000+ for basic word processing and web is bonkers to me.

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    • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fair. But he likes using it and there’s more to value than the monetary cost of a device. For a start, there’s the build quality, but also the integration with his iPhone.

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      • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Oh it’s entirely up to him how he spends his money, didn’t mean to suggest otherwise.

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  • laxmanndhotre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    1000$+ for uni shit is the most astounding thing I’ve ever heard

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    • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Man, you should watch new series of Planet Earth then, because there are some significantly more astounding things on that than someone spending their own money on a computer they wanted.

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      • CobraChicken@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        🚑🚑🚑

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      • laxmanndhotre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No thanks. People making dumb financial decisions will be always more astounding.

        Maybe because I didn’t grow in rich family but okay carry on, I wasn’t judging. It was genuinely fascinating to me

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• tabular@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What is someone likely to use a shitty laptop for? Open a web browser to run ~1080p video?

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  • micka190@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Basically, yeah.

    Anything you’d do on a basic Chromebook, I guess.

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  • Thetimefarm@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My exeperience is lot of people just want an ipad they can type on. The m2 air is basically the same size and weight as an ipad pro, and the screen is more protected if you carry it in a backpack. It’s also probably cheaper, especially if you want any of the accessories that make it “pro” ipad.

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  • superduperenigma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have a Chromebook that I put Linux onto. It’s got a Celeron and 4gb ram. It’s fine for web browsing email, etc on the go. It can play a ton of older games just fine, too; half-life 2 and episodes run surprisingly well. Minecraft with sodium and all settings turned down works okay, too.

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’d be surprised by the amount of people who do video processing on laptops.

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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe you’re not supposed to do any pro stuff with it. Just watch youtube videos and browse FB or whatever it is that grandmas do these days. Many apple products don’t really feel as pro as you’re lead to believe by the marketing team.

  Just today I ran into a strange issue with the iMovie on iOS. You literally can’t edit a vertical video in any sensible way. Either you shoot horizontal video or you don’t shoot at all. These are the only options Apple gives for you.

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  • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You can’t use iMovie for 1:1 video either. You have to edit clips with fat borders at the edges, then export it to Photos in order to crop it square. It’s such a weird thing to miss out.

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• ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the same as the air, but with a better screen (basically).

  The M3 Pro MacBook Pro has a minimum of 16GB of ram.

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