People start screaming that 8GB is not enough, I love that.

They've been configuring their base model laptops with 8GB of RAM since 2012! That is insane. The fact that they put 8GB in an M3 MacBook "Pro" is criminal. They're bottlenecking an amazing chip by skimping on one of the cheapest components in the laptop. All so they can force people to pay their extortion prices on upgrades. The MacBook Pros should be running 24GB now at least. I love my 16" M1 Pro, but some of the stuff Apple does is so blatantly anti-consumer that it is insulting.

It’s 8GB SHARED! it’s insane, even 16 is pathetic on a “pro” product

the guy is going to go around the world to say what to think of the mac with 8 GB of ram😂

8 GB is said to be enough, but 8GB is 8GB, and it cannot hold 16GB of data

Love these shorts roasting the base storage & ram specs. Reviewers like yourself definitely need to pressure Apple to improve their base models

12GB would be fine for the Air as the minimum. 16GB for anything "Pro". Preferably 24-32GB for "Pro" laptops.

my 4GB laptop running steam, discord, Door kickers 2 and Firefox with 5 tabs on ubuntu: “Pathetic”

Using Xcode, Safari, CarPlay Simulator, UTM, and running some docker stuff never felt more stable on my M2 8GiB Mac mini.

“I tested it!”…but not really. When I tested 16gb of Mac RAM against 32 of Windows “THE PERFORMANCE WAS PRETTY GOOD!” Test Apple base models against Windows machines. If the Elite chips are as good as predicted and give real competition, Apple WILL increase RAM. Business is business.

There is Apple Math involved in RAM, Sam Tucker from Apple explained it 😂😂

6gig isn‘t just macos, also parts of installed apps are preloaded and also includes the graphics ram. As long you use the preinstalled apps 8gig will be fine e.g. streaming, watching movies, doing text and calculation stuff, surfing web, creating birthday party invites for the kids, creating family photo albums and look backs.

I’ve a 16GB Mac Mini and a 8GB IMac both M1. They both work brilliantly. However I only use them for surfing, email and document editing and a lot of SSH remote terminals. I’m completely satisfied with the 8GB iMac and it’s a 4.5k display. The Mac Mini is overspeced and rarely uses more than 8GB. ;-)

MacOS usually eats around 2-2.5GB of memory, though it does populate spare memory with cached data so after a fresh boot you'll be sitting at around 6GB of memory used.

8 GB for Lightroom+ Photoshop or After Effects + Premiere??? No.

this speaks a lot about max tech and what they understand about computers. it’s not true that macos require 5-6 gb just when turned on. they can’t even understand that out of these 5 gb, more than 2 is cache, which will be cleared if the system thinks other user facing processes might need the memory. But yes, 16 gb for a 1.2k machine should be the base.

Mac OS using 6GB is just pure bs 💀. Even windows uses 3.5GB for me (a clean install that is)

6g just for windows.. no way.. not a chance! Plus people fail to understand how memory works, especially in macos.

8gb is not acceptable in 2020 not 2024

as someone who's left winblows for almost a decade and never used a mac before, hearing they require 6GB just for OS is insane, wow

I would say 8gb is enough for the daily consumer as unified ram is much more efficient than the traditional RAM we are used to. 16gb of unified RAM would be recommended for heavy multitasking and video or photo editing, in my opinion.

8gb wouldn't be so bad... Some people who just use a browser and email and maybe some single tasking office apps. 8 GB might be ok. But to charge another $200 for the large number of people who need 16gb when we all know those memory chips are $20 is criminal. One of the main reasons I will never own another Mac

You have to look at when swap space starts kicking in with your particular use case. My base M1 mini does pretty good with somewhat large Logic Pro projects. Swap only really kicks in when I fire up superior Drummer 3, and that quickly ramps up the swap to 8GBs. I’m definitely going to get a Mac Studio with 32 gigs when the M4 comes out. For me, even 16 gigs isn’t enough to avoid swap.

The thing about windows is that you can upgrade the ram on every normal machine (laptop or desktop), but Mac you can’t!

8 GB is fine for businesses who want their employees to focus on their work rather than 20 browser tabs. Or for students who can't afford more and should be writing their assignments. For everyone else it sucks.

Yes it only has 8 gigs, but for large projects it’ll use SSD instead of RAM once it fills up. So it’s not really as bad as they’re saying it is

I've got the M1 Air with 8GB. Not quite 2x Windows but at least 1.5x. The 16GB probably is 2x.

Please keep thrashing Apple and hopefully next gen they won’t try to pull out the same bs.

6 GB just to turn it on? AZisk's own 8GB video showed and explained that this isn't true; not only is it only 4.xx, about half of that is "held" memory that can be given back if a user process needs it. Not to say that stock Apple builds shouldn't have more than 8GB, but let's not lie when we don't have to.

People giving overprice for a laptop because of its brand value. The brand value :lying

8GB is perfectly fine for most Apple buyers, because the most they would do is to watch KZfaq, Netflix and browse through photos and most importantly showing-off Apple logo at Starbucks.

Yep as an Apple fan boy I do like to test drive a lot of Apple products a lot of them I do end up keeping but the thing that I haven’t kept recently was my M2 MacBook Air well actually two of them. The first one was because it was the cheapest model with 8GB RAM it was basically horrible in my opinion. Then the second one was a 15 inch MacBook Air M2 that I expected out to the highest amount of RAM and 2TB of storage I loved it, but the only thing was the new MacBook Pro just came out with the M3 chip and I ended up buying that instead. And don’t worry I also suspect that out to total came out to about $5500+ I basically over future proof that because like my older Macs this one will probably last me for 10 years. I went with the 16in highest M3 Max chip with 40 core GPU, 128GB of RAM, and the 2TB storage. I did that much ram mainly because I want to match the amount of ram in my main windows PC system right now. Also if you look at it with the other Apple products I own a $5500 Mac book wouldn’t really be surprising also Apples free financing is the best. And yes I personally enjoy it and believe it was well worth it because I have so much of the Apple ecosystem that this laptop works great for every day use and vacation.😊

8gb works fine to browse the web and reply emails.

And here I am using a window 10 2 in 1 with 2 gb of ram 😅

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I will never ever buy a +1000$ laptop with ONLY 8 fkin GIGABYTES of RAM

Maybe someone can answer my question: will an 8gb m1 MacBook Air be suitable for audio recording with reaper and light video editing with DaVinci resolve?

If I only use office applications, wouldn't 8gb be enough?

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Bruv i got off the mac hype train when i realized i could build the same mac in about 50 percent of the cost on pc. 😂 i never looked back

I just ordered the m3 pro 14 inch 18gb 512gb for adobe creative cloud and figma i assume this will be enough cuz mostly from adobe i use only photoshop So photoshop, Figma, Web browsing and mostly not very larg files This is the first time i will professionaly try a macbook because im a windows user And i hope those specs are fine and will not dissapoint me

Memory is not so expensive, why is Apple so greedy? 😮

Guys, you should already knows it. 8g of ram for Apple is a feature, not a lack !

I think he's wrong about macos using 6 gb ram I have a 8gb macbook it uses 4-4.5 gb of ram idle what I think that if we buy a 16 gb of ram macbook the macos will definitely going to use more ram maybe 6 gb also my recommendation to definitely go for 16 gb of u can afford

You can't wipe you ass with 8 GB. 32 GB is $60 RETAIL! There is no excuse for anything more than a Chromebook ship with less.

Laptop in 2024, if really want to pushe the budget should either have at least 12 GB. Either it is upgradeable, 8GB + 1 upgradeable, or soldered min. 12 GB. If we are seeing in the future, ideally, we need at least 16GB so it can run for at least 5 years with no issue. It is regardless of professional use. If 6GB is used only for OS (well, it reserve some memory to get snappier experience), and chrome needs at least 2 GB in my daily use... we know it is not enough. And remember that Macbook air uses unified memory while some Windows laptop has dedicated memory for GPU, so technically 8GB RAM + 4GB VRAM. Those 4 GB VRAM will be more useful if you need to edit video or use light Ai stuffs

But then why there are reviewers editing videos on 8gb base models?

Chrome alone needs 8GB :-)

Sorry Max, not true. The OS uses about 4 GBs and gets out of the way when more memory is needed. I have a 8GB Mac Mini (M1) and can run the latest llama3 8B directly on the silicone ((no swap). You can also run a 6GB container (not great, but you can do it).

I will NEVER run any OS that isn’t open source EVER again. If I need something proprietary, I spin up a virtual machine. I even have a MacOS VM in qemu. I think I’ve used it once.

I’m sad I’m paying off a m2 MacBook Air I just got it not even 2 weeks ago :/

I can run macos in 2g of ram.. what is he talking about?

"macos and windows use 6gb when idle" Meanwhile linux users considering 1gb idle on ubuntu bloated:

Apple math

8GB is OK for Air machines, but for Pro models it is definitely low. It should start from 16 for Pro models

is the MacBook Air M3 15" 16 and 256 GB enough for Deep Learning tasks? I'm an AI grad student and looking for a new laptop. Or is it worth upgrading to Pro M3? Pro M3 doesn't offer a significant performance boost over 15" Air.

Love how they moan about something that works 😂😂

They’re always assuming people are going to be running it to the ground. 8gb is perfectly fine for a standard user who doesn’t do much anyways (work, school, web browsing, KZfaq videos). For “gamers” and productivity users yes, 16gb+ RAM is recommended but these clowns really don’t know what they are talking about 😂

yet I run most everything on macbook air m1 with 8gb. Max doesn’t know what he’s talking about

I can’t wait for my 8GB M1 MBA to keel over so that I can buy a new 16GB M3/4. I've been waiting a long time.

My 8 year old Acer C740 Chromebook running Manjaro Linux probably runs better than your MacBook. My MacBook Pro 2012 (also running Manjaro) with 16gb of ddr3 is my favorite laptop right now 😂

Meanwhile I have a core booted Chromebook with two gigs of RAM and can run modern Linux with only 500 megs 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Pls help me with a bidget Mac if 8gb isn’t enough

no different cause it use swap memory anyways lol

Windows uses the same, so it really is comparable.

im running a 8gb m1 air..... 6 safari tabs open. discord, mail and stremio and i dont go over 4gb of ram. 6 only for macos is hella cap. than again i didnt buy it for development. i bought it as a better chrome book. and god i hope i can turn off all ai shit when it gets here. im sick of it

Who's watching this after buying 8GB mac😅

I do not understand this "base chip" pro laptop. Base M4 should only be for Air laptops, with 12 GB base RAM, not the abysmal 8. All Pro laptops should only have the M4 Pro chip (with a minimum of 20-24 GB RAM upgrade from M3's 18). For god's sake, I want a Pro chip on a Pro laptop. The M4 max laptops should be renamed "Macbook Pro Max" like the iPhone Pro Max. That sets that apart from a "Pro" laptop with an Air chip.

You neeed 128G of u died memory 😎go big!!

That’s why I use Linux 🤓

Windows只剩下記憶體可以說嘴

It's important to note that Windows users and Mac users do not use the OS for the same reasons, so yes, 16 GB for Windows is the minimum in order to do stuff that you won't do on the Mac. But if you're gonna use both for the same reasons, then Mac needs 1~2 GB less.

if they want us to but make it upgradable like PC. goodbye mac

Mac god

8GB is indeed enough... Assuming every single app you're going to use is hyper-optimised, works completely natively, doesn't supply its own libraries and uses shared ones as much as possible... ...aaand isn't written in Electron.

Solution? Linux!

I have 4GB in 2024 :)

Nope, 16 is still the minimum for browsing only

8 is enough… For office work and media consumption

So I'm watching this video on my 8Gb Mac with various apps open and it's reporting 4Gb RAM used... The lads are just making it up to look knowledgeable but are actually coming across as a couple of idiots.

if you install windows correctly it should use less than 2gb of ram

He has zero idea of real case scenarios

What a bunch of bullshit

Where are those windows that can run in 6 gb dude windows? 11 x64 is using ca 22 gb 😅😅 and if you are using it on a laptop, you have to consider also vram. On laptops under 32, you will have a bad experience

Nah...My Linux equipped Dell XPS with an i7.....32GB of RAM...and running OpenSuSE?...blows some Macs out of the water..... I'm just sayin.

I have 4 gb 😂