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> your "ultrafast" Mac grinds to a halt when you have a couple of Electron apps and a browser open at the same time? The 8GB models could easily handle this ki
by foldr 2y ago
> your "ultrafast" Mac grinds to a halt when you have a couple of Electron apps and a browser open at the same time?
The 8GB models could easily handle this kind of load.
- internetter 2y agocan confirm
- alpaca128 2y agoBut they could barely do it without swapping in my experience. The OS alone takes 2GB or more (200MB just for spotlight iirc), a bit is used for graphics, and once you add a bunch of browser tabs and windows you're easily in a situation where RAM usage is permanently above 80%. You don't feel it as quickly on the M1 but by the time you notice lags it's already swapping 15GB, sometimes for no apparent reason. I still don't quite get it, on the 16GB Macbook I feel like I can do much more without exceeding 8GB usage.
- foldr 2y agoSwapping is fine as long as performance remains acceptable. Obviously at some point it won't – the 8GB models do have limits. But these limits are often wildly exaggerated in this sort of discussion.