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Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM (9to5mac.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (13 children)

To be fair, M-series Macs are pretty insanely efficient with memory. Unless you’ve actually used one extensively, I can understand the attitudes here…BUT:

I’ve done broadcast animation for many years, and back in ‘21 delivered an entire season of info/explainer-type pieces for a network show — using Motion, Cinema 4D, and After Effects (+ Ai and Ps) — all of it running on a base-level, first-gen M1 Mini (8/256). Workflow was fast and smooth; even left memory-pig apps running in the background most of the time…not one hiccup. Oh, and everything was delivered in 4k.

So 8gb actually is plenty for most folks…even professionals doing some heavy lifting. Sure I’d go for 16 next one, but damn I was/am still impressed. (Maybe it sucks for gaming, I don’t do that so have no clue).

[–] freeman 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

It doesn't matter how 'insanely efficient' they are. If your tasks need to use more than 8Gb of memory you are going to run out and start swapping to disk.

8gb worth of data is not heavy lifting for professional use.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

...And yet..?

My point is that while of course more is better, 8 sufficed for me...a professional, doing demanding...professional...work.

[–] freeman 1 points 7 months ago

Sufficed is not an objective term but still is not a favorable term especially for machines that cost that much.

Your original point was that apple's cpu are somehow more 'efficient' with ram. That's misinformation to put it kindly.

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