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Apple officially unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max: 3 nanometer, Dynamic Caching GPU, more (9to5mac.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Found it interesting how the m3 pro starts with 18gb. That’s not a very common ram amount I’ve seen. Also, that move to 6p+6e was unexpected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Lpddr5 comes in oddball capacities - 6,8,12GB, etc. and 3 memory chips on package for the pro

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/2023/10/Apple-unveils-M3-M3-Pro-and-M3-Max/article/Apple-M3-chip-series-unified-memory-architecture-M3-Pro-231030_big.jpg.small_2x.jpg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I find it disappointing 8GB is still the base RAM. Apple usually supports Macs for ~7 years, so are they really planning to support 8GB of RAM in 2030? 8GB was the base RAM included on the 2012 MacBook Pro, 11 years later and it's the same. The MacBook Air has had 8GB standard since 2016.

12GB should be standard in 2023. There really is no excuse.