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Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by jsight on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:40AM (#38220190)
I don't really have a problem with 8GB for the base model. There are plenty of people buying Macs, including Pro versions, that won't need more than that.

My issue is the heavy price increase for higher RAM amounts. A $2500 machine should come with at least 64GB.

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Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by crazygringo on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:03AM (#38220504)
Exactly. They wouldn't be selling it if people weren't buying it.

The fact is, 8 GB delivers perfectly speedy performance for many Pro workloads.

It's not enough if you're a dev running VM's, but Pro doesn't mean it's for developers only. There are a lot of other types of professionals out there, where their needs are e.g around CPU not memory.

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Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by aurareturn on Sunday November 12, 2023 @08:08PM (#38245780)
Actually, I don't even have a problem with $2500 coming with 16GB. I have a problem with most higher memory options not being standard retail SKUS, which means they rarely go on sale and have to BTO with longer wait times.
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