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16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The annoying thing is I have had people claim that 8GB and 16GB is fine on Apple and works better than on PC laptops. To the point one redditor point blank refused to believe I owned an Apple laptop. I literally had to take a photograph of said laptop and show it to them before they would believe me about the RAM capacity.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You should have said "sure buddy" and ignored them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The problem is they will then keep spreading misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And that's your problem? Do you hold $AAPL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Apple helped spread that misinformation. So why would I hold some of their stock if I am trying to counter it?

No, I want companies to stop spreading this bullshit and for people to stop falling for it. I don't hold any stocks at all. In fact that kind of bullshit I am fairly against.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

...or $SPY, or $QQQ, or...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What even are those?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They're just popular ETFs which contain a lot of $AAPL. I was just commenting that even if someone doesn't explicitly hold any $AAPL, if they own ETFs/mutual funds, they are likely exposed to $AAPL.

Doesn't apply to you though since you said you don't own any stock :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I own a 8GB MacBook Pro for work, it's definitely better than a PC with 8GB of RAM, but not better or even close to a PC with 16GB. Just the amount of stutters/freezes while the swap file goes is insane

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Maybe this is true if you use Windows. If you use Linux on your PC versus macOS on a MacBook you will probably find the PC performs comparably if not better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Until you open a web browser or an Electron app. Them folks don't really seem to give a shit about RAM usage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

We are talking about PC vs Mac. Both have the same problem when it comes to chromium based things.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh totally, Linux is in the same ballpark as, if not better than, Macs when it comes to RAM usage. Windows is just a hog