28 Feb
2025
28 Feb
'25
8:18 p.m.
It appears that Greg A. Woods <tuhs(a)tuhs.org> said:
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At Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:09:49 -0500, Dennis Boone <drb(a)msu.edu> wrote:
Subject: [TUHS] Re: VM over-commit (and the OOM killers)
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> I was told a few years ago by a smart person I respect that one of the
> reasons Mac laptops were still so poorly endowed with RAM (iirc 8 GB
> max) was because Apple was shipping SSD in them, ...
That's probably mostly true, but also misguided
and ignorant of the
actual behaviour of RAM-starved systems. I suspect it was policy based
on memory prices at some time in the past, but seemingly hasn't been
re-evaluated for modern workloads more recently.
Current Macbooks all start at 16GB, and the biggest Pro model can have
128GB and an 8TB SSD for the low low price of $7200.
I agree it's memory prices to make a balanced system. For a lot of
people who are not doing heavy computing 8GB is fine. If you're doing
a lot of compiling or ray-tracing, you need more computer.
R's,
John