3 ms·
Any computer targeted at business users really needs to start at 16GB minimum. I can't understand why 8GB is still the default base configuration on almost ever
by habosa 4y ago
Any computer targeted at business users really needs to start at 16GB minimum. I can't understand why 8GB is still the default base configuration on almost every computer.
My company made the mistake of ordering 8GB M1 MacBook Pros for everyone. After all ... they say "Pro", right? Truly the worst computer I've ever used, all because of memory management (and M1s unique memory-sharing architecture).
Even simple tasks like opening a new tab or switching windows showed serious lag. I could not run my local dev server and listen to music at the same time.
We eventually just said "screw it" and bought all new 16GB MacBook Airs. 1000x better.
- 5e92cb50239222b 4y agoIn other words, you still decided to support a manufacturer that makes it impossible to simply insert another stick of RAM (like we've been doing for decades) and requires you to throw a whole computer away. Or sell it, whatever, you've said that it's pretty much unusable already in spite of being new. Seeing that from one of the poorer countries, you guys really do have too much money.
- ehutch79 4y agothe 13" pro and air are basically the same machine :-/ I'm pretty sure they're keeping that pro because it's a physical drop in replacement for previous models, just for business that want that continuity. That 8gb though. I had to switch to one when my last macbook died. I could develop on it fine, but chrome and teams killed me. Especially teams where it's just now getting a native release. There's no reason a lot of apps are using as much memory as they do. 8gb _should_ be more than fine for any office worker. I'm growing on the idea that developers shouldn't be getting massive amounts of memory in their machines, so they can feel any pain their users will.