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,…

  • @[email protected]
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    51 year ago

    Memory compression does allow the os to store to cram more data in the RAM, but does 8gb RAM with memory compression really equivalent to 16gb of RAM?

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      1 year ago

      Windows compresses RAM too. It’s really a combination of fast flash memory (Apple doesn’t use SSDs, they put flash memory on the same package as the CPU) and being smart about moving things to flash memory if they don’t benefit from being in RAM.