Why the 8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Air is enough
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Is 8GB RAM enough for your MacBook in 2024? We break down daily use cases and EXPOSE why the NEWEST MacBook might be a TERRIBLE choice! Thinking of buying a new MacBook Air or Pro? This video will SAVE YOU MONEY! #macbook #ram #apple #tech #buyingguide
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"Late Night Radio" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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I have two M1s, one given from my office which is the base model and the other is my personal one with 16GB RAM, 512GB of storage, and the extra M1 cores.
I use a lot of productivity apps that Mac OS is known for and my usage is heavy Brave browser tabs, multiple chat apps, and MS Excel along with other small apps. My work M1 struggled so much with RAM and it used so much SWAP memory. One of my tools found my SSD life at 80% despite just 1 year of use. This is because of excess Swap memory usage. Under activity monitor, the graph was always in yellow or red. My 16GB Mac with the same usage remains at the green with the occasional yellow when put under stress. The difference is night and day.
Now with Apple Intelligence coming to M1 Macs, I am sure the base models will struggle. Fanboys defending saying "8GB is enough" have no idea what they are talking about. Apple still using 8GB across the line as a base is just robbery. With the new Microsoft laptops starting with 16GB of RAM, I hope Apple uses that to make sure their hardware specs are at par with the industry.
I had the M1 Air. I ended up getting rid of it. I just could not make myself like the small screen. And when the M2 15in came out. I ended up getting it. It is the base model, and I have no issues with it. I got it when it released and I still have it today. I don't do the things you do like video editing or have 12 tabs open. I usually have maybe 3 tabs open and most of the time I just browse the web. I can see this thing last for many years. The only thing demanding I do now is run UTM and have Windows 11 running. And I do that just because my job requires me to have windows.
Its enough because you are the target audience.
exactly
I'm not trying to call you out specifically, it's a widespread misconception. But these macs with 8gb are aggressively thrashing the tiny SSDs with page/swap/cache to make it usable. It is basically just a way for them to ensure that your machine will be dead in a few years as the SSD will have no writes left, and its soldered on so you have to buy new one due to the cost prohibitive repair gouging. Really bad for the environment and scummy in general. This isn't an oversight, its by design, don't defend it. I was a mac user for over a decade until this year for the record.
Not defending Apple as I think they are definitely too greedy but your claim that the SSDs will be broken in a few years is just not true. I just checked my SSD health and I have only written 86TB of data over the 3-year usage. It is likely to last longer than many other components on my laptop.
Good review sir my question is how much Mac OS used storage space when you start up first I want to buy macbook air M2 256Gb but dont know how Much Storage left on first Boot
If I remember correctly you would have around 235GB left as the OS is using 20GB.
my swap usage was quite high like 10 tbw in a month, so it wasnt for me. I got rid of it because of this.
That’s very heavy usage. 8gb is just not enough for such heavy work.
It's enough to maximize Apple's profits, but certainly not enough for a modern computer.
8gb ram couldn't be less futureproof.
Meanwhile Asus g14 16gb ram 8gb vram 1tb SSD only $999
That’s a pretty sweet laptop.
Completely agree with you !
Hey i bought m1 air recently and getting problem in specker buzz if I play in full volume
You should send it back for a repair or replacement.
Me too! But they did the tests at the Apple Store and they said nothing is wrong. But my buzz is quite hard to hear. Only during specific frequencies.
Do you guys regularly use the speakers at max volume? I rarely use them so I have no idea if mine are also behaving the same or not.
M1 or M3 ?
M1
@@yoyosan999 ty
Was this AI generated? The voice, i mean.
Yeah I cloned my voice using elevenlabs
@@yoyosan999 Ohh.. why would you do that? You could have just recorded it. Voiceover. More human.
It’s just easier for me. Right now I don’t have the time and space to sit down and record without being interrupted. Sorry about that. I would love in the future to do it in person.
@@yoyosan999 Eyy.. no sorries needed. Keep going! Most people won't even notice. ❤
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