8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests
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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It’s the year 2033, Apple releases the M11 MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM.
We removed the headphone jack for your benefit.
We kept the lightning cable for your benefit.
We didn’t increase the base model’s memory for your benefit.
Apple enthusiasts claim it's literally double the amount of RAM they need for their workload. They proceed to watch Netflix in a google chrome window where it's the only tab open on their 2500 dollar computer.
Heh, an optimist here assuming Chrome will work with 8Gb RAM in 2033
It does. I have 16GB on my Mac, and half of it is given over to a virtual machine running Linux.
Chrome (and 20 or so other things) runs fine on the remaining 8GB.
Interesting. How are things in the year 2033? Could you tell us about the technology you're using to communicate with us?
That's probably what the VM is doing: it's self-hosting a server running timemachined. timemachined itself is actually running out of a docker container that's running on the VM, but that's because by 2033 every single update, which occur daily, breaks the existing docker installation on a Mac. Which is honestly very similar to what happens in 2023, except it's every other day currently.