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From: Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: Who is going to buy the first Arm (M1) MacBooks?
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:51:56 -0000 (UTC)
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In message <VoydnTnDncvpCjHCnZ2dnUU7-dWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> In comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
>> On 2020-11-11 22:40:49 +0000, Ant said:
>> > In comp.sys.mac.system Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
>> >> In message <B5ednfUswZo00DHCnZ2dnUU7-LudnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant 
>> >> <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> So, who is going to buy the first Arm (M1) MacBooks? ;)
>> >> 
>> >> I am ordering a MBA as soon as I decide if I should increase the RAM or
>> >> not. It will be mostly for my wife who almost certainly doesn't need
>> >> 16GB, but I am torn.
>> > 
>> > Aren't the RAMs still soldered in? If so, then you might as well go as big as
>> > you can afford. Same for storage. :(

>> Yep. It is one of the biggest pain-in-the-backside points with Apple 
>> these days, especially considering Apple's over-pricing of RAM and 
>> storage drives.  :-(

> That's frustrating. :(

No it's not. It means the RAM is much faster and more tightly integrated
with the CPU and GPU and that much less needs to be moved around (for
one, no copying RAM from the "system" to the "GPU".


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