[HN Gopher] 8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs...
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       8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple
        
       Author : webmobdev
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2023-11-08 22:11 UTC (50 minutes ago)
        
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       | nullindividual wrote:
       | That's certain one of the statements of all time.
       | 
       | All major OSes compress memory at this point. I'd be curious to
       | see how OoM acts on macOS -- I've seen it on Windows [NT4] and
       | Linux over the years. I've not seen an OS handle it as well as NT
       | does/did.
        
         | JohnFen wrote:
         | Does Debian do this by default? If so, can I disable it for a
         | performance increase?
        
           | stouset wrote:
           | Compressed memory _is_ a performance increase. CPUs are
           | _fast_.
        
         | amluto wrote:
         | It's like an analogy from high school. 1 is to 8GB as 2 is to
         | 16GB. See, they're analogous.
        
       | IronWolve wrote:
       | I just upgraded my windows workstation to 128gigs so i could load
       | larger language models for only $300. 8 gigs seems rather absurd
       | of apple.
       | 
       | Apple charges 200 bux for 16 gigs or 400 bux for 24 gigs.
        
       | madjam002 wrote:
       | Hah, reminds me of when they tried to justify having a max of
       | 16GB of memory
        
       | nwmcsween wrote:
       | Apple 100% knows Windows and Linux does memory compression, this
       | is just a way of deflecting the actual issue of tiny amounts of
       | ram.
        
       | itg wrote:
       | Well most pc laptops allow you to upgrade the ram. Upgraded mine
       | to 64gb for about $125. How much is that analogous to, Apple?
        
       | ricardobeat wrote:
       | This is not news, has been the case since Intel macs, though the
       | rise of Electron apps has reduced the MacOS advantage.
       | 
       | I do have an 8GB M1 mini I use for development and the only way
       | to make it run out of memory is to run Docker, otherwise it's
       | perfectly fine.
        
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