All of Apple's upcoming new Macs this year are likely to have at least 16GB of RAM pre-installed as standard, breaking a years-long tradition of...
  • luves2spooge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    202·
    3 months ago

    Because there are two types of mac users:

    • People that are buying them with their own money because they’re trendy and just using them as glorified Internet browsers. 16gb is plenty.
    • People using them professionally so their company is paying and Apple can over charge for the necessary memory upgrade
    • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      This pretty much. I don’t care that much that a maxed out MBP is $6000 or whatever, my employer pays for that.

    • bamboo@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      This pretty much. I don’t care that much that a maxed out MBP is $6000 or whatever, my employer pays for that.

    • aStonedSanta@lemm.eeEnglish
      32·
      3 months ago

      I have an m2 8 gb. And it’s plenty. It’s just a browsing/discord/stream box basically.