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Counter to title, as a non-mac-user I probably benefit from entry-level Macs having 8GB vs 16GB RAM - it increases pressure on devs to actually try to reign in
by 3np 3y ago
Counter to title, as a non-mac-user I probably benefit from entry-level Macs having 8GB vs 16GB RAM - it increases pressure on devs to actually try to reign in their ballooning web/Electron apps when resource waste becomes noticable on modern hardware.
Accounting for second-order effects over longer timeframes it could be a net benefit for desktop users.
8GB should be plenty. That it isn't is a software problem.
- Osiris 3y agoIt’s a weird argument. It’s more weird because Apple isn’t the only computer manufacturer. I’ve never sat in a software development meeting in which the amount of RAM on customer machines was discussed, let alone used as an argument in favor of spending significant time doing software optimizations. I would be very surprised if Apple selling laptops with 8GB of RAM had any effect whatsoever on software development priorities.
- 3np 3y agoMore likely to manifest as "PM complains that our app runs like dogshit on their new computer, just like those user reports we have been ignoring until now"
- quickthrower2 3y agoUnfortunately if you use typescript (tsc) it absolutely gobbles memory up
- 3np 3y agoSo your use-case may require more and the entry-level model may not be an appropriate choice for you. I can also come up with dozens of not-too-uncommon scenarios where 16GB won't suffice, either (4k video editing + commonly mandated corpware, for one).
- pornel 3y agoI don’t think it will work: • Devs and their managers don’t use the 8GB version. • Electron is used because it’s cheap to develop for. You can hate its RAM-eating guts all you want, but for cross-platform UIs there’s no competition. Nobody wants to pay for maintenance of 5 separate front ends in 3 languages.