nave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macswww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macswww.macrumors.comnave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoConsidering that RAM is shared with the GPU, it’s still not enough.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s OK - for an extra $400 they’ll sell you one with an extra $50 worth of RAM.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt doesn’t even cost that for them.
minus-squareazuth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI remember an Apple fanboy arguing that this made things better!
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt does make some things better, but there are a number of downsides too. The biggest downside is that it’s not practical to make the memory socketed because of the speed that’s required.
Considering that RAM is shared with the GPU, it’s still not enough.
It’s OK - for an extra $400 they’ll sell you one with an extra $50 worth of RAM.
It doesn’t even cost that for them.
$800 for $30 of ram
I remember an Apple fanboy arguing that this made things better!
It does make some things better, but there are a number of downsides too. The biggest downside is that it’s not practical to make the memory socketed because of the speed that’s required.