8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple’s new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599…

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    1 year ago

    My four year old phone has more RAM than an expensive macbook? LMFAO 🤭🤭🤭

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      1 year ago

      Um actthually mac is so oPtimized so 1gb mac = 12.3gb windows 🤓

      STFU it physically has less ram than a potato while costing the price of a nasa rocket

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      1 year ago

      I bought a Dell 6core AMD laptop on some sale and it was little 345 after tax and shipping. Then I immediately replaced the nvme with a 1tb one for another 70? I think. Laptop is really nice for the price.

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    Vote with your wallet. Well, those buying this kind of mac are basic users (non-pejorative), so it will continue to be there.

    I love when back in the day people said that mastering the hardware and software would help to drive cost down, well their cost. :)

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    The people to whom this discussion ought to matter (the prospective buyers of an 8GB RAM machine) are utterly oblivious to this discussion. They’ll continue to walk into an Apple Store and buy these machines. We are like body builders arguing about how obese people should stop eating shit.

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      1 year ago

      Us power lifters over here looking around nervously while double fisting big macs lol.

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      This matters to the prospective buyers of 16gb machines too… Who want it for cheaper.

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    It’s hard to take the Mac seriously. This is even more dumbfounding because they have an excellent processor. Then they pair it with anemic RAM and make demonstrably false statements about the system’s performance. I don’t get it.

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      Apple is the proof Marketting >> Quality.

      They sell the premium dream making the user think it’s the best.

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    Apple had to know these reviews were coming. A new iteration on their custom SOC is obviously going to make every tech site go bananas benchmarking and their claim that 8GB = 16GB is going to make them punish the machine even harder.

    It’s like they decided a few bad reviews would cost them less than cutting their markup on RAM to make a 16GB entry level Pro machine for less than $2k.

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    Perhaps with an SSD, memory swapping is less intrusive, hence you won’t noticed any performance issues. This is referring to the vast majority of users. At least for a few years. They will have an intolerable machine later though, when the OS becomes more bloated, and they can’t figure out how to upgrade those soldered RAM modules.

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    Ok but……who the hell runs blender and FFP in 8GB?

    The vast majority of users are NOT running pro apps like that.

    It’s just a name. If you’re actually running pro stuff, you’d be an idiot to run that on 8Gb no matter what machine.

    Apple’s argument that it’s the same as 16gb is dumb, but anyone actually using pro apps on 8Gb is dumber. The majority of browser(with sane numbers of tabs)/iPhoto/office users really are probably not gonna notice.

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      1 year ago

      If it wasn’t $1600 maybe I could buy that. But at that price I am expecting a little bit more and only including 8 gb is pathetic.