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I'm okay with the ports but 16 GB max RAM is a f-in joke. My mom's computer has 16 GB of RAM
by elchief 10y ago
I'm okay with the ports but 16 GB max RAM is a f-in joke. My mom's computer has 16 GB of RAM
- flukus 10y agoWhat exactly are you and you're mum doing that necessitates more than 16GB?
- manyxcxi 10y ago40 browser tabs, two build daemons (gulp and gradle), three IntelliJ ultimate instances, 2 vagrant VMs, 3 more vagrant VMs I forgot to shut down, Spotify, Tomcat, and an IntelliJ debug Tomcat. And that was just what my mom was running!
- AvenueIngres 10y agoBut then where do you store the nuclear waste from the reactor you had to set-up in your backyard to power your macbook?
- flukus 10y agoYou could have just said java ;)
- throw_away_777 10y agoRunning machine learning on medium sized datasets I often run into memory issues.
- paulddraper 10y agoIt's not only the fact that it's 16gb, it's that it's soldered in, so 16gb must last for another five years or however often it is you upgrade. Edit some movies, run some servers, launch Atom, repeatedly read lots of files, do some gaming, and it's nice to have a lot. Or just open a couple Chrome tabs.
- dingo_bat 10y agoEven if the ram is soldered in, nothing stops them from providing am expansion dimm slot. In fact I'd be surprised if they haven't included that.
- pjlegato 10y agoManufacturing costs -- it's cheaper to not include a DIMM than to include one, so why would they? Also, this way, you have to buy another whole computer in five years when 16 GB is no longer enough.
- dingo_bat 10y agoIt's cheaper not to include a screen but they still include it. Because users want it. So they can include the dimm slot too.
- flukus 10y agoA typical user needs the screen but will never need more than 16GB of RAM.
- dingo_bat 10y agoIf the typical user of a "pro" laptop doesn't need more than 16 gb then the typical user isn't a pro.
- flukus 10y agoWhat exactly do you think "pro" means?
- paulddraper 10y agoExpensive
- peller 10y agoI don't know if this is a thing on OSX, but tmpfs can be pretty sweet for speeding up various storage-IO-heavy tasks. (In essence, it's a filesystem partition mounted in RAM)
- elchief 10y agoData mining. My mom just sends emails but inherited my old computer...
- flukus 10y agoFair enough, you need the RAM, but you should probably realize how atypical your usage is. 16GB is more than enough for 99+% of people.
- elchief 10y agoMacbook Pro should be for people like me, and people editing HD video, and creating deep learning tools and running 12-node security network labs. Also, MBPs are expensive, but long lasting. People use them for 5 years. 16 GB will be nothing in 5 years. It might cost Apple like $0.50 to add a SODIMM slot. I think it was a mistake on their part