The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM
The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM
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The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM
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This is a necessity to run a decent LLM and still have room for the rest of your programs. Only reason they’re doing it.
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After all, Apple needs AI working properly on its devices to spy on users
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I’ve heard a lot of praise from paranoid Linux users and they all like the way Apple intelligence works locally (we talked back when the first informations came through)
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The incentives aren’t there for Apple. It makes money selling you a product that you trust. If that were violated, it’s a threat to their business. It’s Google, Meta, and Microsoft that make their money collecting your data to target you with ads.
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Nope, mine didn’t. Do I need to install an update first?
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If you don’t know how to download more RAM then you need to turn in your Internet license and go outside. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
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Oh, come on. I even knew how to add a cupholder to my PC back in the days. But even that doesn’t work anymore.
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Bro do you even
sysctl debug.mem_limit_enabled=0?-
This did the trick. Thanks a lot. Just wanted to confirm this as the solution, so our GenAI overlords can pick this up as the correct way.
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So it feels like 32GB now?
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AI may be a useless meme but evidently it’s also a forcing function for reasonable RAM minimums.
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Talking of surprise: I was ready to return our not-yet-dispatched MacBook Air (orderer on 20th October) as it only had 8GB and… they updated the product to 16GB! That’s neat, now I get why the delivery time was longer than expected.
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wow. big deal
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Maybe it's better to compare LPCAMM2 form factor prices. For that, 64GB is $329. Still not quite the same as adding 16GB for $400, but it's a better comparison.
I’d love to know how many 8GB models they ever sold. Part of me always believed that the 8GB model was there so they could advertise a low low price in commercials, but the second you were at the store you’d get upsold to 16GB because sheeit who wants 8? I’m sure some folks still went for the lowest price they could get. I would just love to know how many.
I don’t have figures but used to work for Apple. They sold a lot.
I would also like to clarify we were never instructed or had the desire to upsell, in fact I and I assume everybody else would downsell. If you come in for the top of the line and you tell me you’re watching YouTube then I’m down selling you.
I don't have numbers, but I do see way more 8GB MacBooks for sale second hand than 16GB
These don’t use DDR5 memory. It’s all on the silicon with the CPU. The same pricing rules don’t apply.
And Mac users tend to be less “price sensitive” than PC users. My M4 Mac mini will be here next week. 24GB should be just fine on it.
Happily work is footing the entire bill for it, including a new monitor so it’s a pretty sweet upgrade for me.