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…

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
    521·
    10 months ago

    My four year old phone has more RAM than an expensive macbook? LMFAO 🤭🤭🤭

    • Darken@reddthat.comEnglish
      422·
      10 months 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
        15·
        10 months 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
          10·
          10 months ago

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

      • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
        135·
        10 months 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·
          10 months 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·
            10 months 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?