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Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough (www.xda-developers.com)

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There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple's claim that 8GB of unified memory was enough for base-model Apple silicon Macs, you won't be able to use it. There's a memory requirement for Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, and it's the closest thing we'll get from Apple to an admission that 8GB of memory isn't really enough for a new Mac in 2024.

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago

There are real world performance benefits to ram being as close as possible to the CPU, so it's not entirely without merit. But that's what CAMM modules are for.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 months ago

But do those benefits outweigh doubling or tripling the amount of RAM by simply inserting another stick that you can buy for dozens of dollars?

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

That's extremely dependent on the use case, but in my opinion, generally no. However CAMM has been released as an official JEDEC interface and does a good job at being a middle ground between repairability and speed.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

It's an officially recognized spec, so Apple will ignore it as long as they can. Until they can find a way to make money from it or spin marketing as if it's some miraculous new invention of theirs, for something that should just be how it's done.

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Parts pairing will do. That's what Apple known for, knee capping consumer rights.

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