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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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[–] Specal@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't say 4gb is usable for the average consumer. Using the assumption they're using windows 11 that'll eat 3.7 ish GB of ram just idling.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How? I have 108 tabs open and still use 2.67GB of RAM.

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

Tabs of what? Chromes ram usage is more of a meme than an actual ram issue, windows will only allow an application to use so much ram depending on ram availability

[–] uis@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

108 tabs in chromium. Mentioned RAM usage is total RAM usage including all system and kernel, but excluding page cache. Forgot to mention libreoffice in background.

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You forget there though, that a lot of the RAM, that Windows (and most modern operating systems) uses, while idling, is a cache of programs you’re likely to open and that gets cleared, if you open something else. That has been a thing since Vista and was btw one of the reasons why Vista was criticized for high memory useage. Windows 11 is very useable with 4GB of RAM, if you’re not planning to do something bigger than browsing the web or editing a word document.

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

I'm not forgetting that, but it won't just clear that ram it will want to put it into swap, and depending on your storage speed that can slow tasks down. Making it quite stuttery.

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

I mean, a (good) SSD is worth quite a lot, even on very old systems. I have an old 2008 MacBook laying around. It’s certainly not fast but with an SSD it’s totally useable, even on current macOS versions.

[–] Specal@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Oh for sure, I remember buying my first SSD and booting windows in under 10 seconds and being like whaaaat.

I am starting to think maybe I am a ram hog.