[IronWolve]

I just upgraded my windows workstation to 128gigs so i could load larger language models for only $300. 8 gigs seems rather absurd of apple.

Apple charges 200 bux for 16 gigs or 400 bux for 24 gigs.

[tryfinally]

I just put 64 gigs of (fast) memory and a (very fast) 4 TB SSD in my laptop for a total of $600.

In the MacBook Pro configurator the equivalent upgrades look like

36GB->64GB RAM: $400

1TB->4TB SSD: $1000

[golem14]

Except you can't upgrade Macs anymore, you need to buy a completely new one.

[kiwijamo]

Same goes for PCs sadly. Soldered on RAM is becoming the norm -- even Lenovo does that on their high-end ThinkPads.

[Aeolun]

Most people buying the entry level macbook pro are probably not loading 128GB language models.