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8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple (www.macrumors.com)
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8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

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[โ€“] chtk@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ZRAM/ZSWAP is a thing on Linux at least. But that doesn't compress actively used RAM. That's just compressed swap space in memory.

[โ€“] uis@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Which is basically how conpressed memory works anyway.