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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by paulryanrogers on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:02AM (#38205874)
Used drives can have life in another device or the whole device may be reused for a less taxing purpose ... if it hasn't been exhausted because of cost cutting.
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Re:Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's li... by bravetraveler on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:13AM (#38206012)
Sure, so hopefully the person before you bought a machine with sufficient memory

... and didn't walk away from it for days, if not weeks, while it was swapping. Ignore the numbers. The proposed problem is ridiculous.

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