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…

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    212·
    1 year ago

    Pretty sure it just doesn’t do anything. I’m not going to get one and test it because I’m not insane but from the performance specs of people are putting out it looks like it just maxes out the ram and then does nothing.

    I was saying this when the M2 was first announced. It’s impressive for what it is, but what it is, is actually kind of crap.

    • orangeboats@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      “it just maxes out the ram and then does nothing.” is absolute nonsense. The programs need memory to operate.

      If your RAM is maxed out and the programs seem to operate just as fine, the OS is doing something behind the scenes, it’s just a matter of what that something is. And memory swapping / virtual memory is a well-known method of alleviating RAM overuse, at the cost of murdering your SSD/HDD lifespan.