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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by 7e on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:47AM (#38205664)
zswap was implemented after Apple showcased their own memory compression. It's a copy of what macOS did first.
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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by angoragoats on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:04AM (#38205897)
Does that make it "not count" or somehow less effective?
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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by cwillu on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:10AM (#38206840)
OSX Mavericks was released in 2013, while Compcache was initially developed in 2008.
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