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Re:All-new iMac features the M1 chip by kstrauser on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:16PM (#26878613)
Yeah, no. I use my Mac for software development, and Docker eats RAM for lunch. I absolutely 100% would not own an 8GB Mac today.

I don't care how memory efficient a particular application is when the size of the data it's processing has grown enormously.

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Re:All-new iMac features the M1 chip by Shadonototro on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:50PM (#26884498)
That is why they offer options, my grandmother doesn't need 32gb of ram to browse a recipe website or to watch netflix

8GB is to remind software developers that it is plenty enough

You don't want to be in the Android situation where everyone have 4gb-16gb ram in their phones, and as a result developers are bloating their apps with poor programming models, wich results in needs of bigger battery and bigger disk space, this is bad

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