Comment on 16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs
tal@lemmy.today 2 months agoAny memory that’s going unused by apps is going to be used by the OS for caching disk contents. That’s not as significant with SSD as with rotational drives, but it’s still providing a benefit, albeit one with diminishing returns as the size increases.
areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Outside of storage servers and ZFS no one is buying RAM specifically to use it as disk cache. You will also find that Windows laptops are also designed to be left in sleep rather than hibernate.