Is there data out there showing that Macs with 8GB are hitting swap in the manner you describe? That’s a major assumption of your comment. (Even if this is happ

Is there data out there showing that Macs with 8GB are hitting swap in the manner you describe? That’s a major assumption of your comment. (Even if this is happening, it should be noted that modern SSDs can be slammed pretty hard with writes and still last a very long time) The memory on Apple’s systems is installed physically closer to the chip than any modular PC. I assume this is also a factor? If the memory can more quickly and efficiently get data in and out of the processor, that means it can be released faster as well. I’m not assuming that Apple’s memory architecture is faster than a typical PC equipped with DDR5 but I would be interested to see some kind of deep dive in this area because on the surface it seems like there are major hardware differences and a more customized platform on the Apple side. Another example where this same concept comes into play is game consoles. It’s well understood that game consoles require less total RAM for playing the same game because the hardware isn’t general purpose, it’s customized and optimized for game-specific performance with a low hardware cost and customized software.