nave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macswww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down141 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1336arrow-down1external-link16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macswww.macrumors.comnave@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square209fedilink cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squarePetter1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·3 months agoYou loose performance by making RAM upgradeable, hope the new RAM design, where you can install ram as if it was soldered in, is coming soon: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/what-is-camm2
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoYou lose performance if you can’t upgrade.
minus-squarepotentiallynotfelix@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoThe amount of performance you lose is negligible compared to the amount of performance you lose in 5 years when the laptop’s processor is out of date and there’s barely enough ram to run a semi-heavy task.
You loose performance by making RAM upgradeable, hope the new RAM design, where you can install ram as if it was soldered in, is coming soon:
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/what-is-camm2
You lose performance if you can’t upgrade.
The amount of performance you lose is negligible compared to the amount of performance you lose in 5 years when the laptop’s processor is out of date and there’s barely enough ram to run a semi-heavy task.