8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests

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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests
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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple's new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599...

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No one is running those apps in 8gb, the point was is to prove that you will now need to buy a model up instead of the base model. Proving Apples BS marketing wrong

Well nobody wants to run those apps on those machines.

One of my co workers was unfortunate enough to have to do a lot of heavy photo and video editing on an 8gb ram 13" MBP. He says the machine crawls if he has basically anything open.

Its a 1600 dollar laptop of a supposedly premium brand that has almost as little RAM as the average smart phone.