Eugenia LMar 14

The Macbook Neo is a great product, except the amount of RAM. At 8 GB with MacOS, you are constantly, and I mean, constantly swapping. It' just not enough. It's enough for Linux (although it lately has become bloated too; Fedora/Ubuntu need 4 GB for an equivalent experience), but MacOS needs a lot of tightening to get such a product out of the door and call it a day with so little RAM.

RAM, RAM, RAM. Only thing that matters on a computer.

#apple #macbookneo #macbook #linux #macos #mac #laptop

Show threadPeter KovářMar 14
@eugenialoli SRAM, DRAM or VRAM? D€p€nd$!
Show threadDesiknerMar 14
@1div0 @eugenialoli zram helps
Show threadEugenia L
@desikn @1div0 From the moment that it swaps, it's game over in terms of a good product. It doesn't matter if it's file swap or zram. Swap is swap. It just means that RAM is not enough. For normal internet usage, with MacOS, you need a minimum of 12 GB of RAM, not 8 GB. For 4k video editing you need 24 GB of RAM. It's how it is. Linux definitely needs a lot less, but it's getting big too lately.
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Show threadMartin Schlüter 🌻Mar 14

@eugenialoli

> For normal internet usage, with MacOS,
> you need a minimum of 12 GB of RAM,
> not 8 GB.

Oh, thanks for that important information. I wonder how I manage to use the internet with just 8 GB RAM on my MB Air M2 though... 😬

@desikn @1div0

Show threadEugenia LMar 14
@maddin @desikn @1div0 you are constantly swapping. And that's never a good thing for performance (or your cpu usage, or your ssd if the swap ends up in the drive). The fact that you don't feel it much doesn't mean that it has no impact. Always have spare ram, you never know when you'll need it.