▲ 173 ▼ 8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Centillionaire@kbin.social 47 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s the year 2033, Apple releases the M11 MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] astraeus@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago We removed the headphone jack for your benefit. We kept the lightning cable for your benefit. We didn’t increase the base model’s memory for your benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apple enthusiasts claim it's literally double the amount of RAM they need for their workload. They proceed to watch Netflix in a google chrome window where it's the only tab open on their 2500 dollar computer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Heh, an optimist here assuming Chrome will work with 8Gb RAM in 2033 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It does. I have 16GB on my Mac, and half of it is given over to a virtual machine running Linux. Chrome (and 20 or so other things) runs fine on the remaining 8GB. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. How are things in the year 2033? Could you tell us about the technology you're using to communicate with us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That's probably what the VM is doing: it's self-hosting a server running timemachined. timemachined itself is actually running out of a docker container that's running on the VM, but that's because by 2033 every single update, which occur daily, breaks the existing docker installation on a Mac. Which is honestly very similar to what happens in 2023, except it's every other day currently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] astraeus@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago We removed the headphone jack for your benefit. We kept the lightning cable for your benefit. We didn’t increase the base model’s memory for your benefit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apple enthusiasts claim it's literally double the amount of RAM they need for their workload. They proceed to watch Netflix in a google chrome window where it's the only tab open on their 2500 dollar computer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Heh, an optimist here assuming Chrome will work with 8Gb RAM in 2033 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It does. I have 16GB on my Mac, and half of it is given over to a virtual machine running Linux. Chrome (and 20 or so other things) runs fine on the remaining 8GB. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. How are things in the year 2033? Could you tell us about the technology you're using to communicate with us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That's probably what the VM is doing: it's self-hosting a server running timemachined. timemachined itself is actually running out of a docker container that's running on the VM, but that's because by 2033 every single update, which occur daily, breaks the existing docker installation on a Mac. Which is honestly very similar to what happens in 2023, except it's every other day currently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Heh, an optimist here assuming Chrome will work with 8Gb RAM in 2033 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It does. I have 16GB on my Mac, and half of it is given over to a virtual machine running Linux. Chrome (and 20 or so other things) runs fine on the remaining 8GB. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. How are things in the year 2033? Could you tell us about the technology you're using to communicate with us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That's probably what the VM is doing: it's self-hosting a server running timemachined. timemachined itself is actually running out of a docker container that's running on the VM, but that's because by 2033 every single update, which occur daily, breaks the existing docker installation on a Mac. Which is honestly very similar to what happens in 2023, except it's every other day currently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It does. I have 16GB on my Mac, and half of it is given over to a virtual machine running Linux. Chrome (and 20 or so other things) runs fine on the remaining 8GB. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. How are things in the year 2033? Could you tell us about the technology you're using to communicate with us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That's probably what the VM is doing: it's self-hosting a server running timemachined. timemachined itself is actually running out of a docker container that's running on the VM, but that's because by 2033 every single update, which occur daily, breaks the existing docker installation on a Mac. Which is honestly very similar to what happens in 2023, except it's every other day currently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. How are things in the year 2033? Could you tell us about the technology you're using to communicate with us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That's probably what the VM is doing: it's self-hosting a server running timemachined. timemachined itself is actually running out of a docker container that's running on the VM, but that's because by 2033 every single update, which occur daily, breaks the existing docker installation on a Mac. Which is honestly very similar to what happens in 2023, except it's every other day currently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago That's probably what the VM is doing: it's self-hosting a server running timemachined. timemachined itself is actually running out of a docker container that's running on the VM, but that's because by 2033 every single update, which occur daily, breaks the existing docker installation on a Mac. Which is honestly very similar to what happens in 2023, except it's every other day currently. permalink fedilink source parent