▲ 593 ▼ Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 307 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 68 points 2 years ago (5 children) 8 is fine for a tablet. 8 is not fine for a brand-fucking new state of the art laptop. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (2 children) "With an apple silicon architecture, 8gb is like 16gb" -some stupid apple flunkey permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) The irony is that it's arguably the opposite, since the GPU and CPU just have a shared memory pool, rather than having dedicated memory and the shared memory pool. So if you're watching a 4k video, you might have lost a gigabyte or two just for VRAM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's because they think that people only do one thing at a time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] arin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) New feature turns off the screen to flush graphics memory so the cpu can process data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 2 years ago The "touch grass" mode. permalink fedilink source parent [–] whereisk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They certainly don't want to connect more than one external screen, just ask Tim Apple permalink fedilink source parent [–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago That was just after face planting in a Scarface size pile of cocaine as is standard procedure with all apple marketing teams permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago It's not even enough for a tablet and apple know it, which is why the iPad Pro has 16GB of RAM permalink fedilink source parent [–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago 8 GB is fine for a medium-priced laptop, where you can add more or at least swap out the existing stick for a bigger one if you ever need it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sure or a phone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) My iPad has 3GB RAM and honestly that’s enough. I don’t know what you do on your tablet, but for my everyday activities I have never felt limited permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago iPads don't really multitask so it is super easy to hide the low ram with swap. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We’re talking about laptops though. I was just using tablets as a comparison point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago I replied to the wrong comment permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (2 children) "With an apple silicon architecture, 8gb is like 16gb" -some stupid apple flunkey permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) The irony is that it's arguably the opposite, since the GPU and CPU just have a shared memory pool, rather than having dedicated memory and the shared memory pool. So if you're watching a 4k video, you might have lost a gigabyte or two just for VRAM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's because they think that people only do one thing at a time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] arin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) New feature turns off the screen to flush graphics memory so the cpu can process data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 2 years ago The "touch grass" mode. permalink fedilink source parent [–] whereisk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They certainly don't want to connect more than one external screen, just ask Tim Apple permalink fedilink source parent [–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago That was just after face planting in a Scarface size pile of cocaine as is standard procedure with all apple marketing teams permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) The irony is that it's arguably the opposite, since the GPU and CPU just have a shared memory pool, rather than having dedicated memory and the shared memory pool. So if you're watching a 4k video, you might have lost a gigabyte or two just for VRAM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's because they think that people only do one thing at a time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] arin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) New feature turns off the screen to flush graphics memory so the cpu can process data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 2 years ago The "touch grass" mode. permalink fedilink source parent [–] whereisk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They certainly don't want to connect more than one external screen, just ask Tim Apple permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's because they think that people only do one thing at a time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] arin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) New feature turns off the screen to flush graphics memory so the cpu can process data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 2 years ago The "touch grass" mode. permalink fedilink source parent [–] whereisk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They certainly don't want to connect more than one external screen, just ask Tim Apple permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) New feature turns off the screen to flush graphics memory so the cpu can process data. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 2 years ago The "touch grass" mode. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 2 years ago The "touch grass" mode. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They certainly don't want to connect more than one external screen, just ask Tim Apple permalink fedilink source parent
[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago That was just after face planting in a Scarface size pile of cocaine as is standard procedure with all apple marketing teams permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago It's not even enough for a tablet and apple know it, which is why the iPad Pro has 16GB of RAM permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago 8 GB is fine for a medium-priced laptop, where you can add more or at least swap out the existing stick for a bigger one if you ever need it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) My iPad has 3GB RAM and honestly that’s enough. I don’t know what you do on your tablet, but for my everyday activities I have never felt limited permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago iPads don't really multitask so it is super easy to hide the low ram with swap. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We’re talking about laptops though. I was just using tablets as a comparison point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago I replied to the wrong comment permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago iPads don't really multitask so it is super easy to hide the low ram with swap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) We’re talking about laptops though. I was just using tablets as a comparison point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago I replied to the wrong comment permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago I replied to the wrong comment permalink fedilink source parent