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,…

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    10 months 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.