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Given that 99% of users don't require more than 8GB in a MacLaptop, it's hard to justify increasing the maximum ram beyond 16 GB for that fraction of 1% of user
by ghshephard 10y ago
Given that 99% of users don't require more than 8GB in a MacLaptop, it's hard to justify increasing the maximum ram beyond 16 GB for that fraction of 1% of users who do. Not impossible, mind you - because there is always value in chasing after the 1%, but to some degree, Apple's efficiency at running their operating system and applications on small memory footprints makes it less valuable to increase their maximum ram footprint.
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- jimbokun 10y agoThat 1%, though, are 1. probably more likely to be in Apple's target demographic, 2. buy the machines with the highest margins.
- cowardlydragon 10y agoThat is PC thinking. Macbook PROs are for PROfessionals. Multiple VMs. Big fast SSDs. Many cores. Better displays.
- sangnoir 10y ago> Macbook PROs are for PROfessionals Haha, not anymore. For some time now, the PRO in Apple products is for PROsumers, or its possibly just a meaningless vestigial acronym now. See also: Final Cut X "Pro" which was obviously not targeted at professionals.
- vhost- 10y agoWhere does 99% come from? My girlfriend is a nursing student, not a programmer and has 8 gigs of ram on her laptop. She's constantly asking me to look at her laptop when it beachballs and slows to a crawl when she's doing homework and her memory is maxed. She only has chrome, Word, Excel and some online courses open. I don't buy that figure one bit.
- SysArchitect 10y agoReplace Chrome with Safari. Unfortunately Chrome is absolutely terrible not just for power usage but also for RAM usage. For some reason Chrome loves memory, it gobbles it up. Safari is much better about it. I switched from Chrome back to Safari recently and while it took some time adjusting, I have been seeing almost 2 - 3 hours longer battery life, and I have had way less issues with "beachballing".
- toyg 10y ago"Doctor, it hurts when I do this!" "Don't do it then." I can't believe I have to repeat this, in 2016: software workload naturally expands to use all available resources. Period. Nobody likes doing "memory optimization" work when developing.
- raarts 10y agoI regularly have 50 tabs open on Chrome. Switched to Safari a month ago hoping it would leave me more memory. Turns out my machine suddenly started beachballing, swapping like mad (battery usage up) and crashing. Switching back to Chrome completely fixed that problem.
- dzhiurgis 10y agoYou must be joking. Safari is leaking memory. Unless you reboot your machine daily, Safari is terrible option. I use both constantly. Chrome crashes are non-existant, where Safari crashes at least weekly.
- iainmerrick 10y agoTry using Safari instead of Chrome? (I am actually being serious here, not trying to be facetious)
- monkmartinez 10y agoBut! What if I fucking loathe safari?
- gm-conspiracy 10y agoExcept that the 1% that develop the things that the other 99% use is the lifeblood of their ecosystem. This seems very shortsighted. It is not like they are strapped for cash, and the prices still went up a few hundred dollars.
- EugeneOZ 10y agoare we talking about "Pro" or just Macbook?
- ghshephard 10y agoI'm including all the people who are currently using Macintosh Laptops - not including people on MacPros. Lots of Macbook Air users out there.