8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro ‘Analogous to 16GB’ on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,…

  • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    22
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    Since 1990.

    I remember their CPU cycles were “worth more”.

    They also always cheapens out on stuff, even when they used “PC” hardware, CPU from 4 years ago etc and RAM & HDD/SSD were so small you basicallyhad to buy a “next tier” machine (much more expensive).

    • superschurke@feddit.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      I remember their CPU cycles were “worth more”.

      But this exists… There’s still differences amongst PC CPUs in per-cycle performance…

      • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Sure, but their claim was just bullshit back then.

        They did optimise Photoshop wildly for Mac to try to show they were right IIRC.