filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoApple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI’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.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoDude, 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?
minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI mean it’s my personal machine but I am a software engineer consultant/contractor so I use it for work, too.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·3 months agoOk 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.
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.
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?
I mean it’s my personal machine but I am a software engineer consultant/contractor so I use it for work, too.
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.