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Entire Mac Lineup Now Finally Starts With at Least 16GB RAM, Ending 8GB Era (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 1 month ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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About time. This also applies to their older models such as M2 and M3 laptops.

In the U.S., the MacBook Air lineup continues to start at $999, so there is no price increase associated with the boost in RAM.

The M2 macbook air now starts at $1000 for 16GB RAM and 256GB storage. Limited storage aside, that's surprisingly competitive with most modern Windows laptops.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The localllama people are feeling quite mixed about this, as they're still charging through the nose for more RAM. Like, orders of magnitude more than the bigger ICs actually cost.

It's kinda poetic. Apple wants to go all in on self-hosted AI now, yet their incredible RAM stinginess over the years is derailing that.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I do have a 64gb m1 MacBook Pro and man that thing screams at doing LLM AI. I use it to serve models locally throughout my house, while it otherwise still works as a fantastic computer (usually using about half the ram for llm usage). I still prefer a 4080 for image generation though.