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[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago

I knew this comment would be coming. I’d say that someone who doesn’t know what RAM is casually browses the web or uses office apps. These use cases don’t require 8GB, even on Windows.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

You did invite it by putting a timeline :D

I can almost buy the logic that a macbook air with 8gb is sufficient, but anything with Pro in the name really deserves more.

I have a m1 air with 16gb, and its fantastic for development, but start a few android emulators and docker containers and I can easily run out of RAM. If i can do it with 16gb, it must be trivial to hit with only 8gb.

In my area, I see heaps of 8gb macbooks being resold with only 1-2 battery cycles, my assumption is that people are buying the bottom spec only to discover that it is not adequate (I could be wrong though)

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

its fantastic for development, but start a few android emulators and docker containers and I can easily run out of RAM

As I said, that’s not the regular use case for most people.

[-] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

I feel like RAM is rarely the bottleneck for a lot of use cases. Often on old computers what I see is slow WAN or slow I/O on hard drives.

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