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nave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs

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16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs

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nave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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All of Apple's upcoming new Macs this year are likely to have at least 16GB of RAM pre-installed as standard, breaking a years-long tradition of...
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    And it probably won’t be able to be upgraded by the user, which should be the bare minimum.

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      And it probably absolutely guaran-fucking-teed won’t be able to be upgraded by the user, which should be the bare minimum.

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        You loose performance by making RAM upgradeable, hope the new RAM design, where you can install ram as if it was soldered in, is coming soon:

        https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/what-is-camm2

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          You lose performance if you can’t upgrade.

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          The amount of performance you lose is negligible compared to the amount of performance you lose in 5 years when the laptop’s processor is out of date and there’s barely enough ram to run a semi-heavy task.

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      MacBooks have an SoC, so it doesn’t make sense for the ram to be upgradable.

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        An SOC is a bad idea for laptops in my opinion, it just makes it harder to repair and less modular. I understand that it helps to compact the device, but it should only be used in phones if at all.

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          I disagree. SoCs allow for lower power consumption and a larger battery. They definitely have disadvantages but I don’t see ARM computers ever using anything but SoCs.

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