filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoApple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square319fedilinkarrow-up1510arrow-down120 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1490arrow-down1external-linkApple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM9to5mac.comfilister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square319fedilink cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.ml
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·2 months agoThere are people who never touch anything but the browser and email. For them the SSD keeping some page files is good enough
minus-squarealephlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s no justification for selling a >$1,000 MacBook Pro with only 8GB of RAM, though. It’s specifically marketed as a professional-class machine.
minus-squareDariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah clearly the PRO part with just 8Gb of RAM is the problem. Come on that’s what I have on my Surface Go 1 from 2019. It runs Linux perfectly and is okay for my needs, but I wouldn’t put such specs on a PRO thing😅
There are people who never touch anything but the browser and email. For them the SSD keeping some page files is good enough
That’s no justification for selling a >$1,000 MacBook Pro with only 8GB of RAM, though. It’s specifically marketed as a professional-class machine.
Yeah clearly the PRO part with just 8Gb of RAM is the problem.
Come on that’s what I have on my Surface Go 1 from 2019. It runs Linux perfectly and is okay for my needs, but I wouldn’t put such specs on a PRO thing😅