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I think mainly what upsets me about it is how it can only have 8gb of ram. Everything else you can kind of work with and stretch if you’re not a “power user,” b

I think mainly what upsets me about it is how it can only have 8gb of ram. Everything else you can kind of work with and stretch if you’re not a “power user,” but 8gb just isn’t enough in 2026 IMO if ewaste is a concern. Especially not in an era where people have ChatGPT open all the time Would be interesting to see these specs in a mini body with 16gb ram but I have a feeling there isn’t really a market for that.

iainmerrick 8mo ago
Especially not in an era where people have ChatGPT open all the time People aren’t generally running ChatGPT locally.
- Forgeties79 8mo ago
  I didn’t say they were running it locally. A single tab of ChatGPT eventually eats a few gb of ram if you leave it open and are using it constantly, which is how I see most “casual” people using it in my vicinity. I’ve seen it push 2-3 gigs regularly. People also tend to just leave a lot of tabs open all the time. Even when they are paused I just see people’s computers slow to a crawl because of this constantly. I agree it should be enough and it even often is, but unless we’re going to get everybody to change their habits and get websites to be more efficient with tam usage (like how at work every single HubSpot tab I have uses 300-400MB which is ridiculous) 8 will become an issue, especially on macOS and windows. The way things are going it’s going to become a real problem in 5 years, which is relevant when we’re talking about ewaste. I just don’t see an 8gb mac neo lasting 8-10 years. This has been my experience. I understand why other people disagree with me, but this is just what I’ve witnessed around me.
  - NetMageSCW 8mo ago
    Fortunately Apple offers free recycling for all their products, so no ewaste will be created.
    - Forgeties79 8mo ago
      Ehhhhhhh
- NetMageSCW 8mo ago
  No one who is in the market for this has even heard of ChatGPT.
  - jmye 8mo ago
    What a weird comment about a computer that seems to be targeted at students.
    - Forgeties79 8mo ago
      Exactly!
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sznio 8mo ago
8GB should be enough forever. what do we need more memory for on our machines. Video files are already at a resolutions where any increase barely matters. Audio or any other multimedia as well. You won't be gaming on a macbook so that goes out of the window, and a lot of games actually work fine with 8GB. You can edit video or music with that much RAM. Only thing that needs more ram is running Facebook, which is more of a problem with the sad state of webdev, not the MacBook.
- ryandrake 8mo ago
  Your comment just bruised an Electron app developer.
  - fennecbutt 8mo ago
    People joke about electron but I've seen optimised electron run well and some native apps consume ludicrous amounts of memory. These days code is nothing, content = memory.
- Forgeties79 8mo ago
  Should be, but it isn’t. I edit for a living and 8gb is not sufficient at all unless you’re always doing proxies, doing reduced resolution playback, and not running any major effects. Playback starts dropping frames at the drop of a hat. Every video editor should have at least 16gb of ram - it’s been that way for years. If you rarely edit you can get away with it. If you do it with any regularity you end up working around the constraints and taking significantly longer to do your work and deal with slideshow playback.
  - NetMageSCW 8mo ago
    Why do you think the fact that you need more memory (and probably processor) to edit makes sense when talking about the cheapest MacBook available? Why aren’t you complaining you can’t edit in a ChromeBook or a NUC?
    - 8mo ago

iainmerrick 8mo ago

Especially not in an era where people have ChatGPT open all the time People aren’t generally running ChatGPT locally.

Forgeties79 8mo ago
I didn’t say they were running it locally. A single tab of ChatGPT eventually eats a few gb of ram if you leave it open and are using it constantly, which is how I see most “casual” people using it in my vicinity. I’ve seen it push 2-3 gigs regularly. People also tend to just leave a lot of tabs open all the time. Even when they are paused I just see people’s computers slow to a crawl because of this constantly. I agree it should be enough and it even often is, but unless we’re going to get everybody to change their habits and get websites to be more efficient with tam usage (like how at work every single HubSpot tab I have uses 300-400MB which is ridiculous) 8 will become an issue, especially on macOS and windows. The way things are going it’s going to become a real problem in 5 years, which is relevant when we’re talking about ewaste. I just don’t see an 8gb mac neo lasting 8-10 years. This has been my experience. I understand why other people disagree with me, but this is just what I’ve witnessed around me.
- NetMageSCW 8mo ago
  Fortunately Apple offers free recycling for all their products, so no ewaste will be created.
  - Forgeties79 8mo ago
    Ehhhhhhh
NetMageSCW 8mo ago
No one who is in the market for this has even heard of ChatGPT.
- jmye 8mo ago
  What a weird comment about a computer that seems to be targeted at students.
  - Forgeties79 8mo ago
    Exactly!
- deleted 8mo ago
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sznio 8mo ago

8GB should be enough forever. what do we need more memory for on our machines. Video files are already at a resolutions where any increase barely matters. Audio or any other multimedia as well. You won't be gaming on a macbook so that goes out of the window, and a lot of games actually work fine with 8GB. You can edit video or music with that much RAM. Only thing that needs more ram is running Facebook, which is more of a problem with the sad state of webdev, not the MacBook.

ryandrake 8mo ago
Your comment just bruised an Electron app developer.
- fennecbutt 8mo ago
  People joke about electron but I've seen optimised electron run well and some native apps consume ludicrous amounts of memory. These days code is nothing, content = memory.
Forgeties79 8mo ago
Should be, but it isn’t. I edit for a living and 8gb is not sufficient at all unless you’re always doing proxies, doing reduced resolution playback, and not running any major effects. Playback starts dropping frames at the drop of a hat. Every video editor should have at least 16gb of ram - it’s been that way for years. If you rarely edit you can get away with it. If you do it with any regularity you end up working around the constraints and taking significantly longer to do your work and deal with slideshow playback.
- NetMageSCW 8mo ago
  Why do you think the fact that you need more memory (and probably processor) to edit makes sense when talking about the cheapest MacBook available? Why aren’t you complaining you can’t edit in a ChromeBook or a NUC?
  - 8mo ago