With the launch of the M3 MacBook Pro last year, many reviewers and customers criticized the company for still selling...
  • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’ll admit I don’t use Macs, so maybe they are more efficient than the Linux and windows machines I work off…

    …but I typically use machines with 64GB and recently upgraded my personal machine to 128GB. I still swap about 50GB to my SSD from time to time.

    And I’m not doing heavy graphic design or movie editing stuff.

    I cannot fathom for the life of me how 8GB would ever be feasible.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Dude, that’s how much RAM I used to have on a super high-end dev box at work with 56 cores. It was very helpful for compiling Chrome. WTF are you doing with a personal machine that needs that much RAM?

      • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I mean it’s my personal machine but I am a software engineer consultant/contractor so I use it for work, too.

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Ok fair enough. It’s just surprising to see someone say that. The standard-issue dev machine where I work is a laptop with 32 GB.

  • Veraxus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    My basic web dev Docker suite uses about 13GB just on its own, which - assuming you were on 16GB (double Apple’s minimum) - wouldn’t leave much for things like browser tabs, which also eat memory for breakfast.

    A fast swap is not an argument to short-change on RAM, especially since SSDs have a shorter lifespan than RAM modules. 16GB remains the absolute bare minimum for modern computing, and Apple is making weak, ridiculous excuses to pocket just a few extra bucks per MacBook.