Comment on 16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s OK - for an extra $400 they’ll sell you one with an extra $50 worth of RAM.

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  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It doesn’t even cost that for them.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think they meant what the end user would NORMALLY pay, which is the better comparison.

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      • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • scottmeme@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    $800 for $30 of ram

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• PoopMonster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “yeah but that’s like having 32GB on a lame PC”

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• freeman@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I remember an Apple fanboy arguing that this made things better!

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  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They balance that out by having almost no games for the Mac anyway.

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