There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple’s claim that 8GB of unified memory was enough for base-model Apple silicon Macs, you won’t be able to use it. There’s a memory requirement for Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, and it’s the closest thing we’ll get from Apple to an admission that 8GB of memory isn’t really enough for a new Mac in 2024.

  • @JeeBaiChowEnglish
    35•6 months ago

    They should do 4Gb. I hear M3 mac’s make it seem like 8Gb.

    • @rockSlayerEnglish
      17•6 months ago

      If you allocate it right, you can add 200GB of swap space and then that 4GB of RAM will feel like 408GB!

    • @disguy_ovaheaEnglish
      10•6 months ago

      I think you mean gigabytes, not gigabits.

      8 Gb = 1 GB

        • @disguy_ovaheaEnglish
          5•6 months ago

          That’s true. Data transmission is usually measured in bits, not bytes. Gigabit Ethernet can only transmit a maximum of ~128 MB/s.

      • @JeeBaiChowEnglish
        3•6 months ago

        You mean they can even make 0.5GB appear as 8GB?! That’s 16x! That apple silicon is just something else!