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Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough (www.xda-developers.com)
submitted 6 months ago by sverit@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] filister@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

If you know what RAM is, and you bought an 8GB Mac in the last 10-years, then you are likely self-aware of your limited demands and/or made an informed compromise.

Or you simply refuse to pay $200+ to get a proper machine. Like seriously, 8GB Mac's should have disappeared long ago, but nope, Apple stick to them with their planned obsolescence tactics on their hardware, and stubbornly refusing to admit that in 2023 releasing a MacBook with soldered 8Gb of RAM is wholy inadequate.

[–] Specal@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

I get around this by simply not buying a Mac. Free's up so much money for ram.

[–] sverit@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah, the 8GB model's purpose is to make an "starting at $xxxx" price tag possible.