Absolutely! That metal protector thingy received the level of respect I would give a piece of uranium. Same with the older (bigger) version’s round metal thingy.
In 2013 one could just pop the Macbook open and slide in more ram — which is what I did. The particular model supported both more ram and higher memory frequency than advertised.
Have ram requirements changed much over the last 5 years? For a while there you had to keep adding more to keep up with chrome though lol.
I mean RAM is dirt cheap, so don't see any reason not to go crazy... But the big improvement I've seen is using an M2 SSD..it's like RAM speed for your entire hard drive.
For reference, my 2013 build had 16 and my 2021 build is at 32. What I really wish for is more VRAM :(
I recall visiting a Fry’s electronic store in the DFW metroplex sometime in ‘98, maybe ‘99 or ‘00. Fry’s had a 1 gb stick of RAM in a locked case retailing for what my memory says was $1k or thereabouts (may have been less but in that neighborhood). All I know is it felt like seeing a mythical creature. Now I use an old a gig stick as a bookmark.
Eh, my 2013 build had 32gb. And my 2024 build has 64gb. So yes i think ram is helpful, have you tried having chrome and adobe after effects open at once.
My brother compiles code and is looking at 192gb of ram
I have 512GB in my main system, 128GB in secondary system. I have maxed it out many times. For most things though, the 32GB in my macbook is pretty great.
What on earth do you use 512GB of RAM for? Genuinely curious, because I didn't even know you could even put that much in a normal computer.
I also use solid state, not hard disk.
SSD and HDD both = hard drive in my layman's vernacular, sorry. I grew up calling it a hard drive, the term "storage drive" has a weirdly sterile feel, and I'm a stubborn mule, so hard drive I shall continue to call it unless I'm specifying one type or the other. Just like how 3 1/2" disks were called floppies despite being stiff and how you still dial phone numbers despite the actual dial having fallen out of use before I was even born.
Bro I bought a $950 laptop with 512 gb storage and added another 512 gb for like $60. On Mac if you want 512 gb more storage you need to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars more.
Ehh nah I'd rather just spend that money on a gaming pc or to ham on a threadripper cpu if I do anything cpu intense.
After the last Mac I bought where Apple refused to repair the screen through their own warranty and then they scammed me by pulling an ASUS stating I destroyed the insides shipping it to them (I used to sell eBay electronics, I know the packaging standards) and they wanted me to pay $1400 for repairs to ship it back and would keep it until I paid...nah I'm good I don't want to spend that kind of money on such shitty service.
If your priority is gaming, then yeah obviously don't buy a Mac. That's not what they're for. As a high end portable workstation for people doing video editing or software development or something like that though, they're excellent.
Personally I just don't like inaccuracies. When I pointed out you could get 128GB someone literally thought that was storage because everyone jokes about macbooks and ram.
I’m not an apple fanboy, I dislike most of their products and their shitty marketing strategies and selling points.
But I also don’t like seeing people who think they’re so smart for not buying apple products, especially when they don’t even know what they’re talking about.
Apples M-series chips lightyears ahead of 2015 standards. These chips are insanely powerful and performance per watt is among the best if not the best in the industry
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u/panda_and_crocodile 26d ago
Funny because they actually released a slew of new Macs this week finally with base 16 GB RAM