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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Who mentioned Windows??

Did you watch the video? The 8GB model is like 1/4 the speed of the 16GB model.

It's a bottleneck, clear as day. I just thought it was funny that Apple is so stingy that they'd even consider putting an offensive 8GB of ram on this laptop.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Darken was poking fun at the Mac fan boy trope.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

LOL. That went over my head. 😂

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Normally I hate emojis, but I have to admit that they are a powerful and very concise language.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Apple did https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/08/8gb-ram-m3-macbook-pro-like-16-gb-pc/

It's not directly mentioned in this conversation, but the excuse as to why they put such a pathetic amount of RAM in the laptop is that "Macs use it more efficiently"

edit: The quote is "Actually, 8GB on an M3 MacBook Pro is probably analogous to 16GB on other systems. We just happen to be able to use it much more efficiently."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apple being apple... marketing at it's worst.

Sure, it's "more efficient" than other operating systems if you want to look at how much space is being utilized, but other operating systems don't seem to have the same catastrophic performance bottlenecks as this apple laptop apparently does.

The fact that going from 8gb to 16gb improves system performance by 4-5x is something you'd never see happen in a "less efficient" operating system, so what's Apple's excuse for using it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

so what's Apple's excuse for using it?

Money

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if you are serious since my post was clearly mocking apple's "it's optimized" argument

Regardless of the video, just in general

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, no your post went right over my head. LOL