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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple's new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599...

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[–] 31 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

soldering in an unusably low amount of memory or storage into the base model is classic bait and switch. they get to advertise a much lower price than what you will end up paying

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    And if people buy the low-end one, they'll feel like they need to upgrade sooner.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Surely they'll just get a rep for poor performance?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    If that was really a danger for them, the original iMac would have killed the company. At least it had a nice colourful case to look at while waiting for it to do things or restart after its latest crash.

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