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Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough (www.xda-developers.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple's claim that 8GB of unified memory was enough for base-model Apple silicon Macs, you won't be able to use it. There's a memory requirement for Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, and it's the closest thing we'll get from Apple to an admission that 8GB of memory isn't really enough for a new Mac in 2024.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (20 children)

And why they solder the RAM, or even worse make it part of the SoC.

[–] rockSlayer 47 points 3 days ago (11 children)

There are real world performance benefits to ram being as close as possible to the CPU, so it's not entirely without merit. But that's what CAMM modules are for.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (9 children)

But do those benefits outweigh doubling or tripling the amount of RAM by simply inserting another stick that you can buy for dozens of dollars?

[–] rockSlayer 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's extremely dependent on the use case, but in my opinion, generally no. However CAMM has been released as an official JEDEC interface and does a good job at being a middle ground between repairability and speed.

[–] halcyoncmdr 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's an officially recognized spec, so Apple will ignore it as long as they can. Until they can find a way to make money from it or spin marketing as if it's some miraculous new invention of theirs, for something that should just be how it's done.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Parts pairing will do. That's what Apple known for, knee capping consumer rights.

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