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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by TerrifiedMouse on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:30AM (#38204743)
> macOS has been doing memory compression for years

So has Windows.

With multi-core CPUs, it’s easy to do so without impacting performance in most cases.

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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by spacechild1 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:19AM (#38205287)
And Linux (although not enabled by default on some distros).
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