[justonceokay]

For perspective I have a 12 year old MacBook with 8 gigs of ram and it’s still perfectly usable for all the things I do on it. If you need more RAM because you are video encoding, compiling, or gaming (why!?) then you aren’t a basic consumer.

I’m not trying into be a fanboy and maybe it’s a little bit “cope”, but apple has always put as much RAM as is necessary for the computer to work—and not a lot more—in their base models.

[michaelt]

The $1599 M5 Macbook Pro: Good enough for a guy who thinks a 12-year-old MacBook with 8 gigs of ram is "still perfectly usable"

:)

[justonceokay]

I know it’s silly, but I think I represent over 90% of apples customers in that way. I just need something that reads emails and shows me porn.

[leakycap]

> I know it’s silly, but I think I represent over 90% of apples customers in that way

You're not silly, you're just able to see reality.

Apple knows who is buying the bulk of their computers, and it isn't power users ... most people buying computers don't have a clue what RAM is even used for.

I'd hit beachballs, but macOS balances 8GB of RAM fine even with Tahoe for regular users

[eitally]

That 90% are perfect candidates for the even cheaper Macbook Air lineup.