Submitted 7 months ago by filister@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/12/apple-8gb-ram-mac/
what a weird fucking title bro, of course they argue in favor of it, they sell the fucking hardware that they created. Be a little weird if they just argued against it after spending billions designing and manufacturing it.
Regardless, i still can’t believe apple thought 8GB minimum was ok, genuinely baffling to me.
It’s okay if you run efficient OS on it, not the case.
That doesn’t help with memory hungry apps though.
There are people who never touch anything but the browser and email. For them the SSD keeping some page files is good enough
OSX is waaaay more memory efficient than windows…
Yeah my blueprint of efficient os it isn’t Windows also.
The recent stats I’ve seen indicate macOS usually uses more ram
Anything is way more efficient than windows. That’s very low(or high, but you need to go under it) bar.
And it’s not RAM, it’s UM. The usage of memory changed with the introduction of Apple Silicon.
“Unified” only means there’s not a discrete block for the CPU and a discrete block for the GPU to use. But it’s still RAM- specifically, LPDDR4x (for M1), LPDDR5 (for M2), or LPDDR5X (for M3).
Besides, low-end PCs with integrated graphics have been using unified memory for decades.
Dude it is just GDDR#, the same stuff consoles use
PC’s have had this ability for over a decade there mate apple is just good at marketing.
What’s next? When VRAM overflows it gets dumped into regular ram? Oh wait PC’s can do that too…
Like has been done on laptops with on-board video cards since, well, forever?
Have you used an 8 gig ARM Mac?
I pretty brutal on my machines, and if my 8 gig m1 really only starts to beach ball when multiple accounts are open, and those accounts all have bloated multimedia software running.
My 16 gig machines can handle that use case fine, but the 8 gig machine will occasionally beach ball.
Personally, I won’t buy an 8 gig config again. But I’m a fucking monster that leaves a million bloated things open across multiple active user sessions.
does that mean people wont be able to use chrome in their macs?
One tab only.
of course they will, it is for profit
drmoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Apple has been really stretching their takes lately. Nice to see some fire under their ass though it’s not going to matter. Too many ignorant people falling for likeable propaganda.