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Base m1 was like 4-5 years ago. did we have that much ram with oldest macs too, 30 years ago? 4-5 years at same base RAM is incredibly cheap behaviour from App
by Printerisreal 11mo ago
Base m1 was like 4-5 years ago. did we have that much ram with oldest macs too, 30 years ago? 4-5 years at same base RAM is incredibly cheap behaviour from Apple. Some phones are literally close to that RAM now.
- masklinn 11mo agoBase M1 had 8GB RAM base and 16 max. Where are you getting “same base ram”?
- Printerisreal 11mo ago%100 ram growth in 5 years still very slow and cheap.
- flemhans 11mo agoI think 8GB was also what we had in ... 2012? Or am I wrong. Memory has been going so slow.
- wltr 11mo agoFirst Retina MacBook Pros 13" were with 8 GB base memory. That was either 2013 or even 2012, so, yeah.
- tracker1 11mo agoYou could (unsupported) run 16gb ram on 2010 rMBP models, back before it was soldered on. Worked great, not to mention swapping the spinning drive for an SSD. At this point, I get the soldered on ram, for better or worse... I do wish at least storage was more approachable.
- polshaw 11mo agoIndeed. RAM is the tool of planned obselecence (and profiteering for that matter).
- astrange 11mo agoGet an ad blocker and then get all the people writing Java/Electron apps to fix their memory usage and you'll be good. Exceptions apply to those running local LLMs.