Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro ‘Analogous to 16GB’ on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,…

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    8 months ago

    ARM is pretty efficient, that’s true. But an 8 gig video will always be an 8 gig video. No amount of processing and compression and swap tricks will make it occupy any less space without a massive hit to performance that an x86-64 arch with 16+GB of ram won’t have to endure.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      38·
      8 months ago

      Uhh what? That’s not how RAM works, you don’t load an entire 8GB video you’re playing into RAM.

      • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        8 months ago

        You do if you’re editing it, and the editing capabilities are one of the main selling points of macOS