“yeah but that’s like having 32GB on a lame PC”
Comment on 16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Considering that RAM is shared with the GPU, it’s still not enough.
PoopMonster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I remember an Apple fanboy arguing that this made things better!
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
It does make some things better, but there are a number of downsides too. The biggest downside is that it’s not practical to make the memory socketed because of the speed that’s required.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
They balance that out by having almost no games for the Mac anyway.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It’s OK - for an extra $400 they’ll sell you one with an extra $50 worth of RAM.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It doesn’t even cost that for them.
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think they meant what the end user would NORMALLY pay, which is the better comparison.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
But Apple isn’t buying consumer ram, they’re spending $8 to put on a different chip instead. If other laptop manufacturers are charging $50, it’s because they think they can get away with it, like apple.
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
$800 for $30 of ram