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   Aether ??? (aether@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 21:41:52 JST Aether ???
   Apple says 8GB of RAM on a Mac is equivalent to 16GB on a real computer. But how does an 8GB Mac perform objectively on simple tasks?
   
   wccftech.com/m3-macbook-with-8gb-ram-real-world-test/
   
   Poorly, it seems.
   
   If you leave your browser open with a bunch of tabs while using Lightroom, expect things to take 2.5x longer. If you're using Final Cut Pro to edit video, up to 4x longer.
   
   There's absolutely no excuse for the existence of a $1600 laptop with only 8GB of RAM. 16GB of RAM is barely adequate for running any serious desktop task these days.
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 21:43:23 JST Sexy Moon

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     Apple brought back ram doubler
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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 21:44:25 JST GNU Too

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     @Moon lol
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     d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 21:46:27 JST d

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     @Aether >Apple says 8GB of RAM on a Mac is equivalent to 16GB on a real computer.
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     ロミンちゃん (romin@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 21:46:27 JST ロミンちゃん

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     @deprecated_ii @Aether if you don't run any electron apps, sure
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     eee (eee@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 22:27:25 JST eee

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     • Codeki :njp:
     @Codeki @Aether i upgraded to 16GB this summer after i ran 8 for about two years
     feels poor
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     Neko McCatface v2023 :verified::makemeneko: (roboneko@bae.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 22:27:25 JST Neko McCatface v2023 :verified::makemeneko:

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     • Codeki :njp:
     @eee @Aether @Codeki my low end ~5 year old laptop has 24 (came with 8)
     
     why TF is anyone still manufacturing 8 GB machines?
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     Codeki :njp: (codeki@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 22:27:26 JST Codeki :njp:

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     @Aether But why the fuck would I only have 16 gigs of RAM?

     If I want a computer with actual power, I would put in more than 16 gigs. I have 16 gigs in my computer back when I had a GTX 960. My current desktop has 128 GB of RAM, and four open slots so I can stick in another 128 if I want.

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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 22:31:26 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     • Codeki :njp:
     @Codeki @Aether >16 gigs in my computer back when I had a GTX 960.
     So like 10 or so years back, 16GB of ram was plenty for most use cases, and today it's low end? Seems like that's as much as problem with software as it is hardware. Higher res and more complex stuff is definitely a factor, but how much of this is just bloated code? I swear things were faster for regular use like 15 years back.