[ricardobeat]

This is not news, has been the case since Intel macs, though the rise of Electron apps has reduced the MacOS advantage.

I do have an 8GB M1 mini I use for development and the only way to make it run out of memory is to run Docker, otherwise it's perfectly fine.

[timbo1642]

You don't know what you're saying. That's because of virtual memory and its much slower. Apple's claim is bullshit and they lie.

Every modern OS compresses memory, not just the MacOS. And no 8GB is not equivalent to 16GB on a Mac. Apple says it so foolish people believe it, but its not true. Sure unified has advantages, but they're saying BS.

[nullindividual]

> You don't know what you're saying. That's because of virtual memory and its much slower.

All memory is virtualized by the operating system; applications don't 'see' physical address space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory

[wannacboatmovie]

It's perfectly fine for the Mac's primary use case these days: a thin client into a real computer for performing actual work.

We should congratulate Apple for building the world's sexiest VT100 and Wyse WinTerm in one box.

[Onawa]

I agree, I've been perfectly happy and even impressed with my 8GB M2 MacBook Air. I have never seen that pop-up but I also use it as a thin client as well. Any heaving lifting should be done on a desktop/server.

[gigel82]

Interesting, curious what you're connecting to: a more powerful mac pro, a Windows box, or a Linux box (and is it in the cloud or in your office).

[wannacboatmovie]

A camouflaged Windows laptop with 16GB no doubt.