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All the Macs looked quite impressive! It was well worth waiting for these (at least for me). But I was disappointed that the maximum RAM is 16GB. I would’ve pre
by AnonHP 6y ago
All the Macs looked quite impressive! It was well worth waiting for these (at least for me). But I was disappointed that the maximum RAM is 16GB. I would’ve preferred a 32GB option for better future proofing (especially with web applications needing more and more memory).
Edit: Considering the fact that the RAM won’t be upgradeable (it’s part of the SoC), this limitation is a big bummer. What may be worse is that all these machines will start with an 8GB RAM configuration option at the low end, which isn’t going to age well at all in 2020.
- asimpletune 6y agoWas that for just mb air or all of them? I missed that part.
- kingnothing 6y ago13" Pro is also 16GB.
- pat2man 6y ago32GB is an option on the pro
- kingnothing 6y agoNo, it isn't.
- cromka 6y agoNo, it is not. And 16GB is $200 more.
- wtetzner 6y agoOnly the Intel Pro, not the M1 Pro.
- cromka 6y agoAll of them, including Mini.
- BucketsMcG 6y agoI'll bet you'll get what you're looking for in the 15"/16" Macbook Pros when they come along.
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- doersino 6y agoEspecially since the Intel-powered 13" MacBook Pro was configurable up to 32GB.
- 1-more 6y agoIt's wild to me. I still love my 1st gen MBP Retina and it has 16GB memory.
- dschuler 6y agoSame! Mid-2012 rMBP. Turns out I could upgrade the AirPort card with a used one from ebay for $20, as well as the SSD (although that was maxed out at 1TB with mSATA). Eight years later, it's still a good computer.
- Dunedan 6y ago> Considering the fact that the RAM won’t be upgradeable (it’s part of the SoC) While I agree that RAM won't be upgradeable (as it hasn't been in all new models the past few years), are you sure that the RAM is part of the SoC? I believe what they labelled with "DRAM" in the M1 schmatics is very likely the L3 cache instead. Adding RAM to the SoC would make little sense from a cost and yield perspective. I also believe that 16GB of DDR4 memory are much larger than the "DRAM" part of the SoC.
- wmf 6y agoIt's on the SoC package not the die, just like in phones.
- Dunedan 6y agoThanks for pointing out. My bad. Here is a picture of the SoC with the 16GB of DDR4 RAM: https://www.apple.com/v/mac/m1/a/images/overview/chip__fffqz3ljssi2_large.jpg https://www.apple.com/v/mac/m1/a/images/overview/chip__fffqz... And here is the picture which confused by and tricked me into thinking the OP talked about the RAM integrated into the CPU (although upon closer inspection that picture also seems to cover the whole SoC package): https://www.apple.com/v/mac/m1/a/images/overview/chip_memory__dnhm4hh2i7ma_large.jpg https://www.apple.com/v/mac/m1/a/images/overview/chip_memory...
- turtlebits 6y agoThese are all targeted towards consumers. My last three personal Macs have had 8GB of ram and they were fine. My work machines on the other hand were all specced with 32GB.