Comment by zozbot234

6 hours ago

If the existing MacBook needs less memory, it can use its current memory spec for higher-level uses that formerly required a MacBook Pro. That meaningfully affects the market.

You don't seem to understand supply and demand.

That does not help the demand side for AI data centers - which is the vast majority of the market...

  • If your point is purely about supply and demand for datacenter HBM and LPDDR, you're probably right. Local model inference (using the existing memory stock) can make a dent in current use, but not in projected future uses that will plausibly involve much larger models.