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It is an old trick https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/RAM_Doubler https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/RAM_Doubler

• alwillis 7mo ago
  RAM Doubler was a third-party application in the days when a top-of-the-line Mac had 128MB of RAM, with a 40Mhz processor. The level 2 cache was 256 bytes. That's not in the same universe as hardware compression on a 6-core, 64-bit ARM processor with cores that can run at 4GHz.
  • st3fan 7mo ago
    That is why it is an old trick
    • alwillis 7mo ago
      Sure, but there’s a difference between a hack and an intentional architectural decision.