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The processor is not a magical thing that changes how much memory is needed for workloads. When the first reviewers did not look at your workload it's meaningle
by alwillis 6y ago
The processor is not a magical thing that changes how much memory is needed for workloads. When the first reviewers did not look at your workload it's meaningless that they did not complain.
People sometimes forget that macOS has had automatic RAM compression since Mavericks (10.9) [1]. Think about how fast this must be using Apple's SoC combined with the extremely fast SSD at 2190 MB/s writes and 2675 MB/s reads. With compression, the effective speed is at least double.
It would take a whole lot for there to be any appreciable slowdown running lots of apps simultaneously with 8 GB of RAM.
[1] https://www.lifewire.com/understanding-compressed-memory-os-x-2260327 https://www.lifewire.com/understanding-compressed-memory-os-...
- saagarjha 6y agoRAM compression implemented in hardware with proprietary extensions to the ARM ISA for their algorithm.
- alwillis 6y ago>RAM compression implemented in hardware That's what I'm thinking.
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- cageface 6y agoWhen I first got my new 8gb Air there was some indexing process running for a while that was using 6gb. The machine was a bit slower but still quite responsive. I think there’s some truth to the claim that you need to think about ram a little bit differently with this new hardware.
- alwillis 6y agoWhen I first got my new 8gb Air there was some indexing process running for a while that was using 6gb. That's Spotlight indexing the email, PDFs, Word files, etc. on your hard drive. Once it's done, your Mac will be much more responsive: https://www.macworld.com/article/3388134/spotlight-dont-take-your-macs-powerful-search-engine-for-granted.html https://www.macworld.com/article/3388134/spotlight-dont-take...