Comment on Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse
_sideffect@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Let’s put 100hp in this new apple truck that weighs 9000lbs!
What? Our competitors have 350hp? It doesn’t matter! Our 100hp is very efficient and performs just as well!*
*only when compared to light usage and not towing or driving on inclined roads
deranger@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A more apt analogy would be to use the truck bed size. Horsepower is more akin to the CPU speed.
Most people don’t fill their truck bed just like most people don’t fill their RAM. I’ve had no issues with my family users who just do typical light laptop tasks on 8GB RAM. I think the memory upgrades need to be much, much cheaper, but 8GB works absolutely fine IME. I would like 16GB but it’d be a waste for the other users in my household.
_sideffect@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’re in the minority actually.
Why buy an overpriced Mac and not use it to its full potential?
Just for the logo on the back?
deranger@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How do you know I’m in the minority when I didn’t say how I use my laptop? I don’t get it. I do use it to its potential, and there’s no logo on the back. It’s in a case.
_sideffect@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You just said you never utilize all of your ram, so it’s apparent that you don’t heavily utilize your machine