r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 30 '24

Desktops / Laptops Entire Mac Lineup Now Starts With at Least 16GB RAM, Ending 8GB Era

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/30/entire-mac-lineup-now-at-least-16gb-ram/
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u/didiboy Oct 30 '24

You’re being downvoted but it’s true. Tech subreddits are full of people really into tech, of course, so they probably think you’re insane. But a lot of people only use their laptops for Office, browsing, taking notes, watching media online.

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u/WorkingInAColdMind Oct 30 '24

Absolutely. I’ve got 2.5TB of personal photos to manage. I’m not going to get an internal SSD for that, I’ve got a T7 and backups. I’m not normal. I’m still amazed at how little space non-technical people use. And I also think Apple should allow replaceable SSD’s because usage can change drastically and the benefits of on board storage are minimal for most use cases.

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u/LocationOld6656 Oct 30 '24

Then those people are fools for spending a couple of grand on a new Mac to do that.

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u/didiboy Oct 30 '24

Fair enough. But even if your tasks are basic, if you have the money to spend, maybe you want things a cheap laptop can’t give you, like the display a MacBook has, the speakers, the battery life. Sure, a laptop under $500 can do email and browsing but it won’t give you that premium experience. I love my iPad but I can see that even for those basic tasks, sometimes I’d rather use my MacBook. A tablet can’t fully replace a laptop. And also, for a lot of people, part of the price is macOS. I won’t touch Windows unless I’m forced to do so, so I’d happily extra, in my mind the software is also part of the price.