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These power numbers are impressive. The memory bandwidth is also impressive. But one thing to watch for - just because the memory bandwidth is so good, don't sk

These power numbers are impressive. The memory bandwidth is also impressive. But one thing to watch for - just because the memory bandwidth is so good, don't skimp on memory. The original M1 reviews in Feb 2021 convinced me to get an M1 Macbook Air with only 8GB of memory back in March. My brother-in-law who works for Apple hardware assured me it would be more than enough. Wrong - the machine was churning within a day or two of normal operation. Had to return it and stay with the Intel-based MBP. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a 14" MBP with an M1 Max and 32GB of memory, which I expect will be an awesome dev machine.

TheJoeMan 5y ago
Unfortunately you might have a nice 4gb for dev work after WindowServer takes 28gb :(
- ehutch79 5y ago
  I haven't rebooted in weeks and it's taking up 1.49 for me?
  - p_l 5y ago
    It's probably reference to the Monterey memory leaks (seems I recall something similar back with Catalina?) which end up allocated in various applications (seen Control Center, WindowServer, etc.)
drclau 5y ago
Maybe you've seen the problem discussed here? Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29142157 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29142157