My video points out that for some users, 8GB can be enough, but it depends on the type of tasks you are doing. For most users, going to 16GB will just improve your experience and also ensure your computer will last longer due to rising RAM usage in apps.
And if people want 16GB of RAM they have that option. But for many 8GB is plenty, and it provides them with a cheaper option. 👍🏻
I agree. Thank you for your feedback and I’ll take it into consideration for my next videos.
Thank you for your video. I thought your analogy of rooms for the difference between other systems and Unified Memory was good. 👍🏻
Fully agree - that’s something I mention in the video. I think Apple has plenty of money and can afford the marginal cut in profit margins and make all Mac’s start with more RAM.
Thank you! I appreciate it. Do you feel the thumbnail is too click-bait? I struggle trying to make compelling thumbnails.
You are awfully generous spending other’s money. So exactly how much is Apple to keep?
Apples RAM supplier is Micron, and while I don’t know how much Apple is paying for their RAM, you can see that you can get 8GB of SODIMM RAM from Micron for about $18. Now Apple surely is not paying retail prices for their RAM, especially since it’s soldered onto the package and they buy in massive bulk quantities between millions of products. It’s a drop in the bucket for them to add another 8gig module. I even suggested they could use base 12 and use 2x 6gig modules. I wouldn’t be surprised if this equates do a few dollars extra at most. Likely 0.2% - 0.3% of their profit on a $999 machine.
It is has nothing to do with the cost of the BOM but the loss of income from lost [outrageously high margin] BTO sales. If RAM grew on trees and cost nothing, it would not impact Apple sales price.
Honestly, the thumbnail did seem a bit click-bait and I almost didn’t watch it because of that. Some other people have made similar videos that are definitely clickbait. 👍🏻.
It's been fine for me since the M-series upgrade. I've "owned" an M1 and M2 work-issued laptop with 8, and so when I finally updated my personal computer to the 15" M2, I felt confident I'd be fine with 8. And here I am, six months later, just fine.
Is or was? I agree it "was" enough for the majority (with no future proofing, mind), but in the Apple Intelligence era? RAM requirements are about to change substantially once the new OS drops.
Wrong assumption. It’s cheapest option for many. So they buy it and deal with it. We are well past the point where it was enough. And now AI arrived, made all iPhones obsolete (except for 15pro/max) bc of RAM. Until AI arrival, 6 GB was also considered ok for most folks. See? this is how it looks like w/o any spare room.
If someone already has an 8 GB machine, Sequoia will surely run "ok" on it, as Apple is still stupidly selling lower-end machines with 8 GB as standard. An aspect where Apple's cheapness and in a sense meanness shows up the most clearly. Apple should have stopped selling 8 GB machines 10 years ago, maybe 20 years ago
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Reports are suggesting the precision of the models running on the new OS is low, so the RAM use initially won't be extreme, but will still effectively reduce the total RAM available by about 20-25% on 8GB. Undoubtedly it'll dramatically increase in coming years, though, unless Apple don't intend to keep up with their competitors. AI tasks, specifically LLMs, are sensationally RAM hungry.
