@filister to TechnologyEnglish • 8 months agoApple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square302arrow-up1511arrow-down119 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoDude, that’s how much RAM I used to have on a super high-end dev box at work with 56 cores. It was very helpful for compiling Chrome. WTF are you doing with a personal machine that needs that much RAM?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoI mean it’s my personal machine but I am a software engineer consultant/contractor so I use it for work, too.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•8 months agoOk fair enough. It’s just surprising to see someone say that. The standard-issue dev machine where I work is a laptop with 32 GB.
Dude, that’s how much RAM I used to have on a super high-end dev box at work with 56 cores. It was very helpful for compiling Chrome. WTF are you doing with a personal machine that needs that much RAM?
I mean it’s my personal machine but I am a software engineer consultant/contractor so I use it for work, too.
Ok fair enough. It’s just surprising to see someone say that. The standard-issue dev machine where I work is a laptop with 32 GB.