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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

An extra $100 takes you from 8GB to 64GB on a PC if you install it yourself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you have a laptop that supports that, yeah. Which you should, but definitely isn't always true.

Used to be true on Macs...good ol' days

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That seems too cheap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

not by much; here in central europe a 2 module 64gb kit costs about 125€ (~135$ incl. VAT). not the greatest timings, but very much faster than the swapfile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I do wish Apple had dimm slots for “slow” ram just to get the numbers up. IMO the 8GB model isn’t a serious offer and is to be ignored by anyone who tells the difference. That said, If I had only $200 for upgrades on a Mac I’d spend it on ssd. I had a 32/512 MacBook and I wish I’d paid up for 1TB. 16/1TB would’ve been more useful.