Comment by throw32432223
19 days ago
AI bubble is finally forcing companies like Apple to upgrade memory. 8GB RAM is now not enough, but 32GB RAM is still a luxury!
Finally I will not have provide support for "development workstation" with 8GB RAM! Some people do data analytics on such machine, because M1 Macs are suppose to be fast! Then soldered SSD melts from swapping and write wear.
We had similar situation with Windows Vista. Hardware makers with 512MB or even 256MB RAM were finally forced to upgrade!
I feel 16G Mac is singlehandedly stopping the arms race of bloated apps and beefier machines, especially since things become progressively slow (RAM compression and swapping) instead of crashing.
Is that actually helpful? More requirements & more ram. Doesn’t this leave you where you started?
Or maybe you aren’t very interested in the AI stuff and you just get a better machine.