Comment on Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 months agoAndroid has a garbage collector, meaning it requires an additional 2GB of RAM of overhead to keep things smooth. iPhones run significantly hotter than Androids, and consume more energy to achieve their performance gains.
It’s not true to simply state “one is better than the other”. There’s various metrics in which either one may be better.
Hiko0@feddit.de 5 months ago
That‘s exactly what I was criticizing. So how is “more RAM = better“ as an absolute statement right, then?
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
jfc this is inane.
there’s this thing called multitasking, you might have heard of it. when you want to open more than one app and use them all at the same time, GUESS WHAT BRIGHT LIGHTS? Takes more memory.
This is the dumbest shit take I’ve ever seen.
Hiko0@feddit.de 5 months ago
I‘m talking about smartphones. Funny that you‘d call me bright lights when you lack the basic skill of reading.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
LOL, you think people don’t multitask on smart phones and tablets?
oof…
nah, didn’t misread, you’re def the sharpest tool in the spoon drawer.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 months ago
Well, more RAM will always help. An iPhone with more RAM will allow it to perform better than one with less RAM. Similarly, too little RAM will hamper performance regardless of the device.
Hiko0@feddit.de 5 months ago
Okay. But why is it that Android phones don‘t all just have 128 GB of RAM built in, then? I‘m still talking about smartphones only. And there, RAM is completely irrelevant for users unless it‘s a necessity for the OS and for apps to run well. This is the case for Android smartphones. This is not the case for iPhones. Because everything you want to do just works, without thinking about RAM. This has been the case since the iPhone X.
But here it seems to be really hard to accept that getting an iPhone is the far superior choice for many people, also for tech savvy people. While others choose an Android smartphone and are happy with that.
And for computers: just accept that it‘s plain economy calculus to offer 8 GB RAM as standard because this will lead more buyers to choose an upgrade and pay more than the standard price, instead of accusing Apple to offer this without this plan in mind. Just don‘t buy these machines and continue your life as a superior tech being.