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Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it (www.macworld.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Mcnst@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] Mcnst@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MacBook Air M2 is worse than M1 in almost every way, because now you actually have to pay $200 extra to upgrade to 512GB storage just to get the same speed as the old M1 256GB!

It actually highlights just how much slower is swap compared to the main memory once they made swap slightly slower, and how little is 8GB, causing swapping very easily.

[–] 00DEADBEEF@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In normal usage you'd never notice the speed difference. The 256GB chip is still fast. When swapping, latency of the underlying storage device is what really makes the difference and latency is pretty much the same for these chips.

[–] Mcnst@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

What matters is IOPS, and IOPS is half.

Literally even the YouTube reviewers noticed M2 256GB was slower! Even those who claim 8GB is enough!