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That's so extremely backwards in relation to everything else it's mind boggling. 16 gb being considered and priced at premium, where I had a single chrome tab e

That's so extremely backwards in relation to everything else it's mind boggling. 16 gb being considered and priced at premium, where I had a single chrome tab eating 3gb easily few time's recently.

superb_dev 3y ago
What website were you on? 3gb for a Chrome tab is just plain unacceptable in most cases
- eurekin 3y ago
  https://belladoreai.github.io/llama-tokenizer-js/example-demo/build/ https://belladoreai.github.io/llama-tokenizer-js/example-dem... where I measured tokens in my requests before sending things to openai API to ballpark the cost
threeseed 3y ago
So stop using Chrome. There are other browsers that are far more memory efficient.
- Dah00n 3y ago
  BrowserS? I can only think of one (and it isn't Safari).
- eurekin 3y ago
  That solves the browser. What about colima vm for docker? Intellij, gradle daemon, android studio, xcode, electron apps, android virtual device, slack, spring boot apps, iMovie, Davinci Resolve, python notebooks? Phones now have more than 8gb of RAM
  - threeseed 3y ago
    If you're doing software development then you really should buy the Pro. The limiting factor won't be the memory but the thermal throttling.
    - eurekin 3y ago
      Of course I do, I have a 16 and 32 pros as well.
  - skydhash 3y ago
    Do you use everything together? My opinion is that if you'd use any of that seriously you buy the device that let it run correctly. Opening a multi-module project in Android Studio that requires something like 6GB or ram for the index, then running it inside a 3GB emulator on an 8GB laptop is just asking for problem. Be mindful of your RAM usage and select the suitable amount for your use cases.
xetplan 3y ago
It is really outrageous looking at the price of 2 X 8 gig sticks right now. It is exactly why I haven't bought anything from Apple since the ipod. Everything sounds amazing/wonderful and then one mind boggling deal breaker that doesn't even seem to make economic sense but just feels petty.
- eurekin 3y ago
  What I'm more surprised of is that it's so defended, as if "I'm using it wrong"

That's so extremely backwards in relation to everything else it's mind boggling. 16 gb being considered and priced at premium, where I had a single chrome tab eating 3gb easily few time's recently.

superb_dev 3y ago

What website were you on? 3gb for a Chrome tab is just plain unacceptable in most cases

eurekin 3y ago
https://belladoreai.github.io/llama-tokenizer-js/example-demo/build/ https://belladoreai.github.io/llama-tokenizer-js/example-dem... where I measured tokens in my requests before sending things to openai API to ballpark the cost

threeseed 3y ago

So stop using Chrome. There are other browsers that are far more memory efficient.

Dah00n 3y ago
BrowserS? I can only think of one (and it isn't Safari).
eurekin 3y ago
That solves the browser. What about colima vm for docker? Intellij, gradle daemon, android studio, xcode, electron apps, android virtual device, slack, spring boot apps, iMovie, Davinci Resolve, python notebooks? Phones now have more than 8gb of RAM
- threeseed 3y ago
  If you're doing software development then you really should buy the Pro. The limiting factor won't be the memory but the thermal throttling.
  - eurekin 3y ago
    Of course I do, I have a 16 and 32 pros as well.
- skydhash 3y ago
  Do you use everything together? My opinion is that if you'd use any of that seriously you buy the device that let it run correctly. Opening a multi-module project in Android Studio that requires something like 6GB or ram for the index, then running it inside a 3GB emulator on an 8GB laptop is just asking for problem. Be mindful of your RAM usage and select the suitable amount for your use cases.

xetplan 3y ago

It is really outrageous looking at the price of 2 X 8 gig sticks right now. It is exactly why I haven't bought anything from Apple since the ipod. Everything sounds amazing/wonderful and then one mind boggling deal breaker that doesn't even seem to make economic sense but just feels petty.

eurekin 3y ago
What I'm more surprised of is that it's so defended, as if "I'm using it wrong"