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Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough (www.xda-developers.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple's claim that 8GB of unified memory was enough for base-model Apple silicon Macs, you won't be able to use it. There's a memory requirement for Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, and it's the closest thing we'll get from Apple to an admission that 8GB of memory isn't really enough for a new Mac in 2024.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They should do 4Gb. I hear M3 mac's make it seem like 8Gb.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you allocate it right, you can add 200GB of swap space and then that 4GB of RAM will feel like 408GB!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think you mean gigabytes, not gigabits.

8 Gb = 1 GB

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Darn you broadband

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

That’s true. Data transmission is usually measured in bits, not bytes. Gigabit Ethernet can only transmit a maximum of ~128 MB/s.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You mean they can even make 0.5GB appear as 8GB?! That's 16x! That apple silicon is just something else!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

8Gb from 4Gb is 1GB from 0.5GB 😉