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8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple (www.macrumors.com)

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8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since 1990.

I remember their CPU cycles were "worth more".

They also always cheapens out on stuff, even when they used "PC" hardware, CPU from 4 years ago etc and RAM & HDD/SSD were so small you basicallyhad to buy a "next tier" machine (much more expensive).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember their CPU cycles were "worth more".

But this exists... There's still differences amongst PC CPUs in per-cycle performance...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sure, but their claim was just bullshit back then.

They did optimise Photoshop wildly for Mac to try to show they were right IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It is not theirs, it is IBM's. Or rather Freescale's, now bought out by NXP. Was true at the time.