Isn't that a rather extreme example? What % of users here are going to write 500GB a day? 0.0001%?
I don't think it's that extreme and I was just demonstrating that SSDs have a limited lifespan and that too much swap can hasten their demise.
Isn't that a rather extreme example? What % of users here are going to write 500GB a day? 0.0001%?
Exactly lolIsn't that a rather extreme example? What % of users here are going to write 500GB a day? 0.0001%?
"Limited" is not really a relevant factor if the lifespan is longI don't think it's that extreme and I was just demonstrating that SSDs have a limited lifespan and that too much swap can hasten their demise.
"Limited" is not really a relevant factor if the lifespan is long
Then this clearly is an underspecced system for his use case. My M1 Mac Mini was purchased day one and has 97% life. I write 20GB a day max, often less.The following guy's 18 month old 8GB MacBook Air SSD lifespan is down to 48%.
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He writes up to 500GB/day.
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Then this clearly is an underspecced system for his use case. My M1 Mac Mini was purchased day one and has 97% life. I write 20GB a day max, often less.
Overall I've found if someone can make do with 8GB they don't need a computer. Get an iPad.The industry is still at least one or two years away from having 16GB as a default on a consumer machine. Given that the MBA is generally cheaper than comparable devices with similar spec, the 8GB starting point is not entirely unreasonable.
It's really simple. For $1500 a laptop should come with 16gb RAM in 2022.You’re paying for the the components when you buy a product. I don’t understand why you’re upset that people have a choice not to pay for 16 GB of RAM
If the base model gets discontinued for a higher spec model then the price has to increase. This is what’s about to happen with the iPhone 14. If Ford discontinued the base model Mustang then the GT becomes the new “base model”. Do you think Ford will start selling the GT for the price of the old base model?
Also yes in time RAM will slowly increase as it becomes cheaper but not till it becomes the new minimum requirement. Just like we had 4 GB forever and 8 GB was the “upgrade”. Eventually we’ll have a 16 GB base model but by then you’ll likely feel the need for 24 or 32 GB.
Everything has finite lifespans. Just how hard you push it. I have had hard drives fail on me months after purchase. That’s why you should treat main system drives differently. I don’t store anything on my main drive other than the OS and Apps. I have been through it losing terabytes of data due to a hard drive failure. And not just one time. I never had an SSD fail but even a hard drive I bought in 2019 failed.Perhaps underspecced but I posted it to demonstrate that SSDs have a finite lifespan and too much swap can hasten its demise.
If you are doing that kind of work you should spec it up anyway.The following guy's 18 month old 8GB MacBook Air SSD lifespan is down to 48%.
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He writes up to 500GB/day.
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Everything has finite lifespans. Just how hard you push it. I have had hard drives fail on me months after purchase. That’s why you should treat main system drives differently. I don’t store anything on my main drive other than the OS and Apps. I have been through it losing terabytes of data due to a hard drive failure. And not just one time. I never had an SSD fail but even a hard drive I bought in 2019 failed.
If you are doing that kind of work you should spec it up anyway.
iPad can’t sit as a compressor system on the network and use Apple Compressor. My 2010 Mac Pro with 8GB does this just fine.Overall I've found if someone can make do with 8GB they don't need a computer. Get an iPad.
Every single person I know does, at least claim to, need a computer and get 8GB regrets it, real quick.
yes it absolutely isIsn't that a rather extreme example? What % of users here are going to write 500GB a day? 0.0001%?
I only have written a tenth of that.yes it absolutely is
I only have written a tenth of that.
Still, the kind of people using Lightroom, Photoshop, etc. should get the 14" anyways. And that has a 16/512 base.Yup. More RAM and larger SSD.
It's really simple. For $1500 a laptop should come with 16gb RAM in 2022.
8gb was the minimum requirement as you say in the mid 2010s.
Then it will start writing 1000000EB per second to your SSDIt’s mandatory to buy an 8GB Mac. You don’t have the option to refuse, you just purchase it.