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MacBook Neo Reviews: Is Just 8GB of RAM Enough?

The first reviews of the MacBook Neo were published today by selected publications and YouTube channels, ahead of the laptop launching on Wednesday. Available in Blush, Citrus, Indigo, and Silver, the MacBook Neo is powered by a version of the A18 Pro chip from the iPhone 16 Pro. The laptop is equipped with a 13-inch display, up to 512GB of storage, and a non-configurable 8GB of RAM. MacBook Neo is Apple's most affordable MacBook ever, and most of the reviews so far call it a great value.

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Mar 10 at 1:56pmdlvr.it
Show threadnieuemmaMar 10

@macrumors It should be. It used to be.

We had old computers with kilobytes or megabytes of memory doing useful things. Even just ten years ago I remember when 100GB+ video games weren't something you had to go buy a new hard drive for, and you didn't need to more than 8GB of ram unless you wanted a really grandiose experience.

Last I used Windows, it needed over 2-3GB of memory just on the desktop after boot and just the base system was like 30GB on the hard drive.

I only had one Mac, and it was kind of trash. 2017 15 -inch MBP that overheated and and the battery inflated.

My current Linux system uses around 700MB one I log in to my desktop, and I believe the whole system was 6GB after I installed everything I wanted (but before adding my own documents, videos, photos, games).

When watching videos/browsing the web, I rarely exceed 2GB of memory usage, and only when gaming do I see more than four.

I've done photo and video editing fine on less than 8GB memory too. I'm not editing 4K60 content or 60MP photos, but for what I do it works.

Show threadCodeMacLifeMar 10
@macrumors I have a MacBook Air M1 with 8GB memory. It is more than enough for most people. However, I am concerned 8GB could be an issue once Apple Intelligence becomes more widespread.
Show threadDaveMar 10
@macrumors No.