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nave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs

www.macrumors.com

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16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs

www.macrumors.com

nave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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All of Apple's upcoming new Macs this year are likely to have at least 16GB of RAM pre-installed as standard, breaking a years-long tradition of...
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    And it probably absolutely guaran-fucking-teed won’t be able to be upgraded by the user, which should be the bare minimum.

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      You loose performance by making RAM upgradeable, hope the new RAM design, where you can install ram as if it was soldered in, is coming soon:

      https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/what-is-camm2

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        You lose performance if you can’t upgrade.

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        The amount of performance you lose is negligible compared to the amount of performance you lose in 5 years when the laptop’s processor is out of date and there’s barely enough ram to run a semi-heavy task.

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