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		chongli on Nov 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims ... Memory compression combined with swap to very fast SSD storage are extremely effective.

angoragoats on Nov 10, 2023 [–]

Both are available on most modern Windows and Linux machines as well, so these cannot be used as a justification for why 8GB is somehow different on a Mac.

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