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Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM (9to5mac.com)

submitted 7 months ago by filister@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Veraxus@lemmy.world 44 points 7 months ago (41 children)

My basic web dev Docker suite uses about 13GB just on its own, which - assuming you were on 16GB (double Apple’s minimum) - wouldn’t leave much for things like browser tabs, which also eat memory for breakfast.

A fast swap is not an argument to short-change on RAM, especially since SSDs have a shorter lifespan than RAM modules. 16GB remains the absolute bare minimum for modern computing, and Apple is making weak, ridiculous excuses to pocket just a few extra bucks per MacBook.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Have you seen the difference between the 8 and 16Gb Macbooks, it is ridiculously expensive.

[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nah its about £13 retail.

Oh wait, you mean from apple... Its £200 from them.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, my bad, I wanted to say the difference in price between the 8 and 16Gb model, I know that RAM became dirt cheap nowadays and there aren't any excuses for Apple to continue offering 8Gb model, as this is exactly a planned obsolescence.

[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was just pointing out the insanity of their pricing, using sarcasm. Its the main way we communicate over here.

The price difference between the first 2 models where 8gb ram is the only change, is £200. Post 2025 I'm going to need some solution to replace my windows install which solely runs CAD/CAM software. If it wasn't for this scumbaggery I'd buy a Mac to replace win10, but at present apple are such a shower of cunts I think I may have to put up with win11.

What a fucking choice...

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know there's a third way...

[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

I already run Linux for everything else. Its not an option for my CAD work unfortunately

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