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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by Affric on Friday November 01, 2024 @06:41PM (#42022274)
My only regret is getting base RAM.

It’s not a server so it’s not a crime to not always be using all of it and it’s not upgradable so it needs to be right the first time. I should have got 32GB to just be sure.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by Reason077 on Saturday November 02, 2024 @12:20AM (#42024046)
Apple's sky-high RAM prices and strong resale values make this a tough call, though. It might just about be better to buy only the RAM you need and upgrade earlier, considering you can often get 50% or more of the price of a new one back by selling your old one.

Thankfully, Apple recently made 16GB the base RAM in all Macs (including the M2/M3 MacBook Airs) anyway. 8GB was becoming a bad joke and it could add 40% to the price of some models to upgrade it!

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by masklinn on Saturday November 02, 2024 @02:34AM (#42024458)
Yep, that's definitely a thing I'm proud or correctly foreseeing. I was upgrading from an old machine on 8GB, but I figured especially with memory being non upgradable it was better being safe than sorry, and if I kept the machine a decade it would come out to sanwitch money in the end.
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