8gb I more than enough ram for most things that are not called gaming or video editing, the cast vast majority of people will be fine with 8gb and hopefully with the RAMpolcalypse in full effect we can start seeing some better software optimizations.
I run a dinky little self hosted server in my basement, and when I spin up a VM to test something or just play around with a new distro I never give the VM more than 4-8gb of ram
This isn’t a power user device, this is an iPad with a keyboard and trackpad instead of touch. This is your boomer parents next computer not your next computer
Thinking 8gb of ram is not enough is your windows-brain talking bro, break the m$ conditioning!
8gb I more than enough ram for most things that are not called gaming or video editing, the cast vast majority of people will be fine with 8gb and hopefully with the RAMpolcalypse in full effect we can start seeing some better software optimizations.
I run a dinky little self hosted server in my basement, and when I spin up a VM to test something or just play around with a new distro I never give the VM more than 4-8gb of ram
This isn’t a power user device, this is an iPad with a keyboard and trackpad instead of touch. This is your boomer parents next computer not your next computer
Thinking 8gb of ram is not enough is your windows-brain talking bro, break the m$ conditioning!
It might be enough today, but a MacBook is expected to last a decade. These might have a few good years at best