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Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it (www.macworld.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Mcnst@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] onairmastering@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Ok, I have a dumb question, where does more RAM matter? I am running Logic Pro without a hitch on a Mini M1 and an Air M2 and don't really see the difference.

[–] SeattlesWinest@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’ll paste my other comment:

I recorded my band’s whole album in Logic on a base model M1 Air and never once noticed a slowdown or lag or it swapping to disk or whatever. And usually I’d have a few Safari tabs open in the background while I did it.

Would I complain if I had 16 GB of memory? Nope, but I also don’t feel the need to complain about 8 because it literally hasn’t affected me, even when doing more than browsing Reddit or watching videos.

I think maybe people don’t realize that even if it is swapping RAM to disk, it happens so fast that it doesn’t matter. Or maybe they don’t realize that apps will just use free RAM and not aggressively garbage collect if you have the available RAM. Or maybe they’re coming from OSs that don’t handle 8GB well.

To me and what I do, I literally wouldn’t notice a difference if I had 16GB, but people are acting like they can’t even browse the internet on 8 when I’ve done more than most people do on computers with 8.

Sure, give me more, or don’t, idc. I doubt I’d get this performance out of a Windows machine of this size running ProTools on 16GB.

[–] onairmastering@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, I had a Mac pro fully maxed out with 64GB RAM an when it was showing signs of lagging on Logic, hell, fuck it, I get a Base Mini M1.

That beast hasn't got me down ever!

[–] 00DEADBEEF@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Professional apps like logic Pro are native apps. Many people use Electron shite like Spotify and Slack in addition to their web browser. These apps will happily use 2GB RAM each just to perform basic tasks. Open a few Google Docs tabs and your browser will be eating 8GB for itself easily. Now you're swapping like crazy. A small amount of swap activity won't be noticable, but if you're exceeding your available memory by multiple gigabytes the machine will start to slow down.

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