Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PC

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.org – 280 points –
Apple exec: Macs are so efficient 8GB equals 16GB on a PC
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Especially when 16g is something like $50.

At consumer prices. There's no way Apple doesn't pay wholesale rates for memory.

they have the memory controllers built into their processors now. So adding memory is even cheaper, it just takes the modules themselves