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...

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…

  • Darken@reddthat.comEnglish
    503·
    1 year ago

    Um actthually mac is so oPtimized so 1gb mac = 12.3gb windows 🤓

    STFU it physically has less ram than a potato while costing the price of a nasa rocket

    • HauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      Also Apple™ RAM costs like 4 to 8 times as much. Being $200 for 8GB. So assuming fantasy land Apple™ iMagic™ means 8GB = 16GB it’s still a minimum of twice the cost per dollar

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        131·
        1 year ago

        Apple ram actually is just more dense. They can fit more binary in each gigabyte.

      • sergih@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        and if u spend another 200 it goes from 16 to 32, so apparrntly somehow 8gb can cost 200 or 100 bc apple

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
      145·
      1 year ago

      Who mentioned Windows??

      Did you watch the video? The 8GB model is like 1/4 the speed of the 16GB model.

      It’s a bottleneck, clear as day. I just thought it was funny that Apple is so stingy that they’d even consider putting an offensive 8GB of ram on this laptop.

      • HauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        Apple did https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/08/8gb-ram-m3-macbook-pro-like-16-gb-pc/

        It’s not directly mentioned in this conversation, but the excuse as to why they put such a pathetic amount of RAM in the laptop is that “Macs use it more efficiently”

        edit: The quote is “Actually, 8GB on an M3 MacBook Pro is probably analogous to 16GB on other systems. We just happen to be able to use it much more efficiently.”

        • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          Apple being apple… marketing at it’s worst.

          Sure, it’s “more efficient” than other operating systems if you want to look at how much space is being utilized, but other operating systems don’t seem to have the same catastrophic performance bottlenecks as this apple laptop apparently does.

          The fact that going from 8gb to 16gb improves system performance by 4-5x is something you’d never see happen in a “less efficient” operating system, so what’s Apple’s excuse for using it?