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16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs (www.macrumors.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I own a 8GB MacBook Pro for work, it's definitely better than a PC with 8GB of RAM, but not better or even close to a PC with 16GB. Just the amount of stutters/freezes while the swap file goes is insane

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Maybe this is true if you use Windows. If you use Linux on your PC versus macOS on a MacBook you will probably find the PC performs comparably if not better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh totally, Linux is in the same ballpark as, if not better than, Macs when it comes to RAM usage. Windows is just a hog

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's probably all the telemetrics in Windows taking their toll.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

While that might have some impact, it's not really the main problem with Windows. For the most part it's how it's actually engineered. For a start look at their compiler.