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

potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And it probably absolutely guaran-fucking-teed won’t be able to be upgraded by the user, which should be the bare minimum.

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  • Petter1@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You loose performance by making RAM upgradeable, hope the new RAM design, where you can install ram as if it was soldered in, is coming soon:

    www.tomshardware.com/…/what-is-camm2

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You lose performance if you can’t upgrade.

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    • potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The amount of performance you lose is negligible compared to the amount of performance you lose in 5 years when the laptop’s processor is out of date and there’s barely enough ram to run a semi-heavy task.

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• KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  MacBooks have an SoC, so it doesn’t make sense for the ram to be upgradable.

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  • potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    An SOC is a bad idea for laptops in my opinion, it just makes it harder to repair and less modular. I understand that it helps to compact the device, but it should only be used in phones if at all.

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I disagree. SoCs allow for lower power consumption and a larger battery. They definitely have disadvantages but I don’t see ARM computers ever using anything but SoCs.

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      • potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        🆗

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