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...

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…

  • Decipher0771@lemmy.caEnglish
    1045·
    1 year ago

    Ok but……who the hell runs blender and FFP in 8GB?

    The vast majority of users are NOT running pro apps like that.

    It’s just a name. If you’re actually running pro stuff, you’d be an idiot to run that on 8Gb no matter what machine.

    Apple’s argument that it’s the same as 16gb is dumb, but anyone actually using pro apps on 8Gb is dumber. The majority of browser(with sane numbers of tabs)/iPhoto/office users really are probably not gonna notice.

    • Sendbeer@lemm.eeEnglish
      49·
      1 year ago

      If it wasn’t $1600 maybe I could buy that. But at that price I am expecting a little bit more and only including 8 gb is pathetic.

    • WalkableProgrammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      1 year ago

      No one is running those apps in 8gb, the point was is to prove that you will now need to buy a model up instead of the base model. Proving Apples BS marketing wrong

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        1 year ago

        Well nobody wants to run those apps on those machines.

        One of my co workers was unfortunate enough to have to do a lot of heavy photo and video editing on an 8gb ram 13" MBP. He says the machine crawls if he has basically anything open.

        • xkforce@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          1 year ago

          Its a 1600 dollar laptop of a supposedly premium brand that has almost as little RAM as the average smart phone.

    • Fubar91@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately a lot of consumers don’t understand this. Even if they use “pro” apps daily. These same people will fall for Apples marketing tricks here regardless.

    • sviper@programming.devEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      Well if that’s the argument then they are also not gonna notice the M1 or M3 under the hood. Both chips are pretty good.

      Heck even an older Intel chip should work fine in 2023 under those workloads.