filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoApple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square302fedilinkarrow-up1511arrow-down119
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minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIt’s clear that the M3 MacBooks are noticably slower with 8GB or RAM than with 16GB for various tasks, though, including photo & video editing, and 3D rendering. Sure, 8GB gets the job done but why are Apple selling “professional” grade laptops in this price range that clearly require additional memory to reach peak performance?
minus-squarescorpious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoPoint taken! Clearly more is always better. Don’t have any experience with the M2 or 3. I’m just adding a personal experience with having the minimum be plenty to get big jobs done.
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI get more because I know I’ll need more. I don’t get less and then complain I should have gotten more even though I knew I couldn’t upgrade later. Really, Apple just shouldn’t have said what they did and they wouldn’t be in hot water.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): videos showing how the M3 MacBooks struggle with 8GB of RAM Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
It’s clear that the M3 MacBooks are noticably slower with 8GB or RAM than with 16GB for various tasks, though, including photo & video editing, and 3D rendering.
Sure, 8GB gets the job done but why are Apple selling “professional” grade laptops in this price range that clearly require additional memory to reach peak performance?
Point taken! Clearly more is always better. Don’t have any experience with the M2 or 3.
I’m just adding a personal experience with having the minimum be plenty to get big jobs done.
I get more because I know I’ll need more. I don’t get less and then complain I should have gotten more even though I knew I couldn’t upgrade later.
Really, Apple just shouldn’t have said what they did and they wouldn’t be in hot water.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
videos showing how the M3 MacBooks struggle with 8GB of RAM
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.