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Why are tech news websites suddenly bashing 8GB RAM in Apple devices? (links.hackliberty.org)
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I’m a web developer but I also do tons of work with large files being transferred across the network, I do some CPU intensive tasks from time to time, run Docker containers, etc. all on a 2020 M1 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM.

Well it’s 2024 now and the thing still screams. So what I don’t understand is: why are there suddenly so many enraged tech news websites bashing on the 8GB base RAM?

I get it that some people need more than just 8GB, but for the cliche web browsing, email and social media user it’s not adding up to me why anyone is so enraged about this.

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[–] fourish 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Context is important.

If you’re running a single app that has low requirements 8gb is quite usable. For my mom using. browser and email it’s fine. For my kids doing school work it’s fine.

For me working in 4K video and photoshop it’s not.

But that’s why you can add more. The whiners are just noise.