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The MacBook Neo has only 8GiB of RAM. This is widely decried as not enough. The RAMpocalypse means that 8 GiB is going to have to be enough or else it'll eat in
by fragmede 3mo ago
The MacBook Neo has only 8GiB of RAM. This is widely decried as not enough. The RAMpocalypse means that 8 GiB is going to have to be enough or else it'll eat into Apple's margins. The Neos are wildly popular though because people have used it and 8 GiB is fine. So while the singular weather app being smaller itself isn't material, in aggregate, macOS being more efficient is something that lets Apple sell a lower spec product while still justifying a higher price and thus better margins for Apple.
- bilekas 3mo agoLet's not ignore the new "windows copilot laptops" that come with 4GiB. https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/defitsit-pamyati-zastavil-hp-snova-vypuskat-noutbuki-s-4-gb-operativnoj-pamyati https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/defitsit-pamyati-zastavi...
- SXX 3mo agoInsanity. 4GB was often not enough even back in late Windows 7 era.
- Narishma 3mo ago4GB is completely fine in Windows 7.
- colejohnson66 3mo agoNot to mention that on 32-bit without PAE, that was all you could get. Nothing more.
- kalleboo 3mo agoI thought you were limited to 3GB without PAE, since you needed at least 1 GB dedicated to memory-mapped I/O? I was never a PC guy though so I could be mistaken.
- justsomehnguy 3mo ago> The MacBook Neo has only 8GiB of RAM. This is widely decried as not enough. Bwahahah! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=macbook%20%208gb%20enough%7Cfine&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- fragmede 3mo agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=macbook%20%208gb%20%22not%20enough%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- justsomehnguy 3mo agoI really didn't want to link that thread but I guess it would show it the best way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47331863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47331863
- vor_ 3mo agoApple has been using the "macOS is more efficient" excuse since the early 2000s to justify skimping on RAM.