8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple’s new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599…

  • WalkableProgrammer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No one is running those apps in 8gb, the point was is to prove that you will now need to buy a model up instead of the base model. Proving Apples BS marketing wrong

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well nobody wants to run those apps on those machines.

      One of my co workers was unfortunate enough to have to do a lot of heavy photo and video editing on an 8gb ram 13" MBP. He says the machine crawls if he has basically anything open.

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        1 year ago

        Its a 1600 dollar laptop of a supposedly premium brand that has almost as little RAM as the average smart phone.