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It probably will change. Note that, so far, a 16GB apple device has much better usability than the equivalent on windows. This may sound biased, but the memory
by keyle 2y ago
It probably will change. Note that, so far, a 16GB apple device has much better usability than the equivalent on windows. This may sound biased, but the memory compression and foreground/background actions by macOS tight integration with the hardware is really good. I've never felt like I couldn't do things on smaller hardware, except (larges) LLMs.
Also when I compare with my co-workers the memory pressure is a lot less running the same software on macOS than Windows. This might have to be due to the UI framework at play.
But that said, I totally agree that Apple is doing daylight robbery with their additional RAM pricing, and the minimum on offer is laughable.
- snemvalts 2y agoThe swapping is indeed faster as the SSD is on the SoC and so fast to access. To the point that an 4 year old 8gb M1 Air is enough for simpler development work, at least for me.
- wwtrv 2y ago> This may sound biased, It certainly does, close to irrational even. IIRC memory compression is enabled by default on Windows as well.
- dialup_sounds 2y agoBiased and irrational are both things HN readers say to avoid using the word "subjective".
- Aeolun 2y agoAny apple device has much better usability than a windows machine, regardless of RAM.