[throwaway290]

I'm not asking you indeed. My point is that 8 GB RAM is not a professional machine and is incorrectly labeled. You seem to be restating this point.

MBP is supposed to be professional, but I can't imagine using a 8 GB machine. Even on 16 GB M1 RAM is the bottleneck and I get OOM errors.

[Macha]

Oh yeah, like my original stance was that basically the 8GB MBP exists to have a cheaper entry price, and to have something that's a no brainer upgrade to make users actually looking for a professional machine buy the next one up.

[throwaway290]

The op was "why does MBA have the same as MBP", your response was "consumer does not need more RAM than MBA has". My point is that MBP is not positioned for consumer, because if it is, then whom is MBA positioned for. What's your objection I still can't grasp.

[tragictrash]

This is literally their marketing strategy. The same thing applies to popcorn sizes at the movie theaters. I can't remember what it's called or find a reference to the strategy, hopefully someone smarter than I can provide it.