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22july2013 said:
And if RAM is faster, it may reduce the demand on the amount of RAM needed, since apps will finish faster.

For some loads, maybe.  But not for applications that need RAM to hold data - like Cities:Skylines with my mod and more importantly, asset subscriptions.  

Video editing, large photo editing, compiling large applications - there are lots of situations where there simply isn't a substitute for raw capacity.  Speed isn't going to replace the basic need for desk space to spread your stuff out to work on (one way to think of RAM).  Shuffling stuff on and off the desk faster is interesting, but not having to shuffle stuff in the first place is faster still  

rob53 said:

What I've read is that the M-series RAM and storage work so fast together that 8GB is the new 16GB and 16GB is the new 32GB. I don't remember seeing anyone say Apple would be releasing a 64GB laptop. As for Cities:Skylines, is this a native ARM app or is it using Rosetta? Even though Apple does the conversion it's still not the same as a native ARM app making use of all the ARM-specific GPU apis. Just checked this app and it uses Steam and I've never used Steam before so not sure if it's using the Mac or an app to run the app on a Steam server. 

Anyone claiming ARM is magically reducing the amount of RAM required is sadly mistaken.  RAM is RAM and nothing beats having physical RAM if your application truly demands it.  The SSD may be fast enough with virtual memory swapping to where you might not notice, but swapping to SSD will dramatically lower its lifespan and since the SSD drives are soldered to the motherboards in the M1 Macs doing anything to increase wear/reduce the drive lifespan is an even dumber idea.  If you have applications that need RAM, get the RAM!   

C:S is not ARM native but there is a Mac native version that ran great.  Indeed you wouldn't know it wasn't ARM native from the way it performed - performance was amazing - as long as I didn't load all my asset and mod subscriptions from the Steam workshop, were the lack of RAM really killed performance.  Windows games running either via Crossover or the Windows ARM preview in Parallels also performed way better than I expected and Crossover has gotten a major update to WINE since I had my MacBook Air.  I only ran into graphics issues with a couple of games - shader issues - that I'm sure will get worked out at some point.  

Of course there are no details from Apple on the next round of hardware - what a shock.  But if they are going to replace all of their Intel models they are going to need Apple Silicon Macs that are at least equal to what they have shipping on Intel, and that means at least 64GB of RAM on the highest end laptops.  Once again there is no substitute for actual RAM if you have applications that truly demand it and I would be shocked if the highest end Apple Silicon MacBook Pro's couldn't go to at least 64GB.

My 2015 MBA is in dire need of an upgrade.  I tried the M1 MBA - and it was fantastic!  Then I made the mistake of loading some games on it - and they played fantastic too!  Well, except for Cities:Skylines - where my mod/asset addiction overpowered 16GB - it's just not enough. 

So now I eagerly await the next round.  I'm hoping for being able to get at least 64GB of RAM - and curious as to how Apple will handle RAM in the next chips.  Will it still be closely coupled for blistering speed?  I hope so - soldered on or not.  May splurge on a large SSD this time too.  Hopefully give it some extra life - not crazy the drives are soldered on - and maybe in the larger ones they won't be? 

Should be interesting to see.  My Apple Card is ready! 

Elon really had the temerity to use the phrase "walled garden"?!?!

$700 vs. $1600 repair - and hopefully Tesla doesn't screw the guy by blacklisting him from the supercharger network: 


What a farce.  They can't even get body panels to match, interior trim properly secured - windshields that don't leak.  Ha!  Apple at least has excellent fit and finish!  They may share same shitty right to repair issues but at least the vast majority of Apple stuff is well under $10K - nothing like getting hosed on $50K plus cars!

Screw "high end" - just ship a freaking Apple Silicon iMac with a larger screen already!