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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by chongli on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:18AM (#38205277)
Memory compression combined with swap to very fast SSD storage are extremely effective.
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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by angoragoats on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:16PM (#38213238)
Both are available on most modern Windows and Linux machines as well, so these cannot be used as a justification for why 8GB is somehow different on a Mac.
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