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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com)
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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple's new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Who mentioned Windows??

Did you watch the video? The 8GB model is like 1/4 the speed of the 16GB model.

It's a bottleneck, clear as day. I just thought it was funny that Apple is so stingy that they'd even consider putting an offensive 8GB of ram on this laptop.

[–] T00l_shed 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Darken was poking fun at the Mac fan boy trope.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

LOL. That went over my head. 😂

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Normally I hate emojis, but I have to admit that they are a powerful and very concise language.

[–] HauntedCupcake 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Apple did https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/08/8gb-ram-m3-macbook-pro-like-16-gb-pc/

It's not directly mentioned in this conversation, but the excuse as to why they put such a pathetic amount of RAM in the laptop is that "Macs use it more efficiently"

edit: The quote is "Actually, 8GB on an M3 MacBook Pro is probably analogous to 16GB on other systems. We just happen to be able to use it much more efficiently."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple being apple... marketing at it's worst.

Sure, it's "more efficient" than other operating systems if you want to look at how much space is being utilized, but other operating systems don't seem to have the same catastrophic performance bottlenecks as this apple laptop apparently does.

The fact that going from 8gb to 16gb improves system performance by 4-5x is something you'd never see happen in a "less efficient" operating system, so what's Apple's excuse for using it?

[–] Noodle07 2 points 1 year ago

so what's Apple's excuse for using it?

Money