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From: Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
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Subject: Re: Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro and All iOS Devices
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:09:23 -0000 (UTC)
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In message <tM3tH.2635$gR8.2277@fx45.iad> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2020-11-17 17:18, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

>> If by "basically invisible" you mean "a whole lot of work, and very 
>> much a substantial effort for many developers", sure. 

> From the user point of view, the Mac transitions did not expose the user
> to system memoriry management changes.


> This is in the context of the RAM limitations of the new Macs. Someone
> argues that moving from x86 to ARM would require less memory, a premise
> I disagree with.  (they said an 8GB M1 Mac would be just as capable as a
> 16GB Intel one).

They were, as it turns out, wrong. The 8GB M1 is MORE capable than the
16GB Intel. No one predicted that.


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