▲ 592 ▼ Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 309 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) And I'm here contemplating upgrading to 32 GB... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cdegallo@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blueteamsecguy@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cdegallo@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blueteamsecguy@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blueteamsecguy@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blueteamsecguy@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent