I’m a web developer but I also do tons of work with large files being transferred across the network, I do some CPU intensive tasks from time to time, run Docker containers, etc. all on a 2020 M1 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM.

Well it’s 2024 now and the thing still screams. So what I don’t understand is: why are there suddenly so many enraged tech news websites bashing on the 8GB base RAM?

I get it that some people need more than just 8GB, but for the cliche web browsing, email and social media user it’s not adding up to me why anyone is so enraged about this.

  • stardustEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Thanks to ram and ssd upgrade I still use my laptop that’s going a decade now for basic web browsing and videos. Best way to show the green initiative would be to provide people upgrade paths that doesn’t lead to ewaste so their devices can be used a few years longer than it would without it.

    But, only green initiative that is the concern is stock prices.