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Apple’s MacBook Pro memory problem is worse than ever (www.macworld.com)
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Apple’s MacBook Pro memory problem is worse than ever::Apple still sells expensive "Pro" computers with just 8GB of RAM and charges a fortune for more.

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[–] roht@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (21 children)

I will be the devil's advocate here and say that having the 8 Gb ram config on their cheapest machines (MBA, Mac Mini) is perfectly fine, but having it as the base config on the MBP is borderline false advertising.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (18 children)

For the price of a Mac Book Air you can literally get a better, more powerful laptop with 16 GB of RAM.

And if you don't need 16 GB of RAM you can get a significantly cheaper laptop.

Apple isn't worth its price. You're literally paying for the name.

My Dad's wife said she wanted the iPhone. Me and brother tried to tell her it's not worth it. She said she wanted the new iPhone because it's trendy and she can show it to all her friends. THAT is why people buy Apple.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I could buy a different laptop, but then I’d have to use Linux or Windows, which are not great experiences on mobile devices.

I could buy a different laptop and get a quarter of the battery life, because ARM and the M-Series chips are incredibly power efficient.

I could buy a different laptop but then it wouldn’t work with my phone, tablet, TVs, AirPods, etc, again, making it not worth it.

Complain about Apple all you want, but their hardware and overall UX aren't even close to being matched by other manufacturers.

[–] iegod@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From my brief stint with pop os on my laptop I'm having a hard time seeing the difference with a MacBook for daily things. Things just work.

[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Battery life. I worked an entire day - 8 hours - on my M1 Pro unplugged. You simply can't get that with anything but Apple silicon.

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