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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The 8gb ram MacBook works great for your average Mac user. The person who uses it for writing resumes and surfing YouTube which I'm sure is a huge chunk of the market. Devs/Gamers/power users can't make do with 8gb, but my sister in law who just does paper work and teams meetings all day is served well by her 2016 laptop, and wouldn't have any issue with an 8gb MacBook.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Except it's cost 3x more than average 8GB ram laptops

[–] Opafi@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

If the alternative is Windows which is increasingly filled with ads or Linux which shifts the burden of computer administration to a user who might not have a clue about what they're supposed to do if their WiFi doesn't "just work", paying for a managed walled garden that doesn't try to install candy crush without you asking for it isn't such a bad option.

[–] TwoCubed@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Given how terrible Teams performes, I'd dread to have merely 8GB to run it on.