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Well, perhaps nothing was seen. Because the post says: "I do think it’s true that Apple silicon changed this equation. Perhaps even, as a rule of thumb, by a f
by coldtea 3y ago
Well, perhaps nothing was seen. Because the post says:
"I do think it’s true that Apple silicon changed this equation. Perhaps even, as a rule of thumb, by a factor of 2 — that an Apple silicon Mac with 8 GB RAM performs as well under memory constraints as an Intel-based Mac with 16 GB. But base model consumer Macs have been stuck at 8 GB for a long time, and it’s impossible to look at Schaub’s charts and not see that regular increases in base RAM effectively stopped when Tim Cook took over as CEO. Apple silicon efficiency notwithstanding, more RAM is better, and certainly more future-proof. And it’s downright bizarre to think that come this fall, all iPhone 16 models will sport as much RAM as base model Macs. (Supercomputer pioneer Seymour Cray on virtual memory: “Memory is like an orgasm. It’s a lot better if you don’t have to fake it.”)"
- nullindividual 3y agoTruth lacks facts. The author supplies no numbers, no benchmarks, no evidence.
- coldtea 3y agoDoesn't need to. We also have this thing called experience. We're not minds in a jar only being fed numbers and statistics.
- nullindividual 3y agoYou're not even _curious_? That's sad.
- coldtea 3y agoNo, I'm not. Not to mention if the numbers say that "X GB memory is fine" regarding the metrics they'd benchmark for, but one's actual experience is shit, it's shit - not fine. And vice versa. It's irrelevant whether some render or a benchmark ends in M minutes instead of N minutes. We're talking about how it feels in actual everyday use with the base-model memory versus something bigger.
- nullindividual 3y agoYou bring up irrelevant benchmarks that measure CPU/GPU. Not interested in that. No, instead memory pressure and hard paging with common tasks are what is important, here. But, if you treat computing like people treat religion, eh whatever I suppose. Your loss.
- coldtea 3y ago>But, if you treat computing like people treat religion, eh whatever I suppose. Your loss. Irrelevant and ad-hominem? Nice!