• DireTech@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    Ok at this point it’s been 5 years since the M1 and it’s crazy people are still acting like 8GB is unusable on them. My work Mac is 8GB. So is my wife’s. I run Xcode, iOS simulator, safari, VSCode and the corporate security software at the same time without issue.

    Would I want that little for video games? Hell no.

    It’s still fine for the typical user. As a developer, I find the base 256GB far more of an issue since it’s impossible for me to fit multiple versions of Xcode and simulators on it simultaneously.

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      8 hours ago

      This is a step backwards from M1 in terms of cores, core speed and bus speed. This is not going to feel like an m1 base even.

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        8 hours ago

        We’ll see when the reviews hit. It’d be pretty dumb for it to be worse than an M1 when older airs get discounted down to similar prices.