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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And I'm here contemplating upgrading to 32 GB...

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago

Yup. My MacBook Pro for work has 16GB and I keep running out of RAM. I can't fathom being limited to 8GB...

I guess it works for basic browsing and whatnot, but for any kind of professional work, you're going to have a bad time.

[–] cdegallo@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I built a gaming PC for the first time since ~20 years ago. Decided to dump 64gb into it for no good reason other than ram is cheap and I figured I might as well.

8gb...jeebus.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did the same thing. It's one of the cheapest upgrades you can get for a PC, but Apple will charge triple the actual cost to maximize profits.

[–] Blueteamsecguy@infosec.pub 1 points 7 months ago

This is not exclusive to Apple, any pre-built reseller does the same thing, Apple just has their flair of a little bit more