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Overall I agree 8GB is a joke in a “pro” laptop that costs as much as it does. But the author is a little off base imo. 1. How macOS uses RAM changed a few yea
by whatindaheck 3y ago
Overall I agree 8GB is a joke in a “pro” laptop that costs as much as it does. But the author is a little off base imo.
1. How macOS uses RAM changed a few years back. Memory Pressure is just important of a metric as usage because data is intelligent cached to fill memory. The author’s screenshot shows there’s no memory pressure on their machine while arguing there’s not enough memory. My RAM is usually pretty “full” but a lot of it is pre-loaded data.
2. It seems like the author uses quite a few Electron apps. Maybe I’m shifting the blame here but Electron is a known resource hog. I’ve seen Signal use more resources than a full Linux VM. Native apps are usually faster, less resource intensive, and oftentimes follow the HIG / have better UX. For the user there’s no downside.
3. There’s different “pros” out there. So often us developers think we need these big dank machines just to work inside Vim all day. I’m extremely guilty of that. And having headroom is nice. But even an entry MacBook Air could do the job. It’s not as fun but it’d be fine.