Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro ‘Analogous to 16GB’ on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,…

    • bobbytables@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You see, it grows inverted exponentially. 6 GB equals about 22 GB. Your best option will be the 2 GB model which performs like 64 GB. If that still doesn’t fit your needs you could always download additional RAM.

  • TBi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Maybe it’s true, but a better headline would be “our systems come with 16gb as standard, which feels like 32gb on windows.”

    So you get a good amount of ram, which feels better because It’s a Mac.

    • _s10e@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      “our systems come with 16gb as standard, which feels like 32gb on windows.”

      while performing a task that can be done with 8gb easily

  • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Holy crap, apple charges $200 to add 8GB of RAM. I just bought 32GB of DDR5 for the Framework I have on order for $95.

    • WallEx@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      And now look at the actual chip prices and you’ll know, why apple is so fucking rich

    • Kazumara@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      A good first step would be: don’t make your own proprietary graphics API (Metal) and support Khronos standards (OpenGL, Vulkan) instead.

  • somenonewho@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been on 16GB of ram on all of my machines for so long … It’s really the sweet spot for everything I do (gaming etc. ) I don’t do media production or anything like that. All that said I’m currently in the market for a new machine and will probably get 32GB “just to be safe” but since my next laptop will probably be a framework I don’t have to make the decision till I actually need the ram and even then I can still decide to get one stick first the other later and the prices scales pretty linearly.

    8GB might still be enough for some web browsing and stuff but apple should not put this little RAM in anything they call professional.

    And before anyone says “you only need that much ram in Windows” well … I don’t and won’t be running Windows ;)