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Swapping constantly kills SSDs though, this is not a good argument. The reality is that power users who should buy an upgraded model like to complain about the
by Almondsetat 3y ago
Swapping constantly kills SSDs though, this is not a good argument. The reality is that power users who should buy an upgraded model like to complain about the base one and the ones petty enough to deliberately go with the 8GB report quick SSD wear because they are overloading it with processes
- brandon272 3y ago> Swapping constantly kills SSDs though This is the conventional wisdom around memory management and swapping yet in my experience a dead SSD in a Macbook is pretty uncommon. They seem to die of about 10 other things first, well into their useful lifespan, including physical wear and tear, worn out ports, etc.
- Almondsetat 3y agoThe situation of base 8GB macbooks wearing down their SSD in the hands of power users is well documented but it's extremely specific. Normal users with 8GB and power users with >= 16GB indeed have no SSD problems because they swap very infrequently
- brandon272 3y ago> The situation of base 8GB macbooks wearing down their SSD in the hands of power users is well documented but it's extremely specific. I can't really find it documented much at all. Conducting a web search reveals that 90% of the user documented concern around this has nothing to do with actual failures but "I'm worried about my SSD failing" or "Will your SSD fail?" discussion. If it is rare, extremely specific, etc. then I think that bolsters the case that it doesn't make sense to increase base RAM out of that concern alone.
- plorkyeran 3y agoPower users with 8GB macbooks being worried about wearing down their SSD is very well documented, but if you have information on how often it's actually a problem I'd love to see it.