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But 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
by alpaca128 2y ago
But 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.