This author needs to go back to a time where you had to manage 512MB of memory.
People back then would’ve killed for 8GB now.
The problem I see though is software developers having a field day with not caring about optimizing and not making their software bloated as possible so that it doesn’t require so much memory.
the ‘problem’ is: you can’t upgrade; you’re stuck with that 8gb.
want more in a year or two? you have to buy a new mac. and that’s apple’s goal–sell more product. buyers will be back (because they’re hooked on the platform and ecosystem) to buy a new one sooner than they otherwise would have.
Well that’s what you get for being a tool and buying Apple products.
All of us PC users have had the convenience of upgrading anything we want. While Apple users just bitch about the choices they’ve made where a company decides how much they think they need and whether or not they can upgrade.
This author needs to go back to a time where you had to manage 512MB of memory.
People back then would’ve killed for 8GB now.
The problem I see though is software developers having a field day with not caring about optimizing and not making their software bloated as possible so that it doesn’t require so much memory.
That’s a daft take. The reason that software now requires more RAM is because it can do more than in 1998.
That doesn’t excuse the ridiculously high requirements.
the ‘problem’ is: you can’t upgrade; you’re stuck with that 8gb.
want more in a year or two? you have to buy a new mac. and that’s apple’s goal–sell more product. buyers will be back (because they’re hooked on the platform and ecosystem) to buy a new one sooner than they otherwise would have.
Well that’s what you get for being a tool and buying Apple products.
All of us PC users have had the convenience of upgrading anything we want. While Apple users just bitch about the choices they’ve made where a company decides how much they think they need and whether or not they can upgrade.
Wah wah wah.
it’s not just apple anymore. all the major ‘pc’ makers have non-upgradeable laptops now… just not across their entire line-up (yet).
You realize that just because things used to be worse, doesn’t invalidate complaints about how things could be better now, right?
I think the comparison went over your head and I didn’t use a word wrong. Try not to think too much into it. Oh wait, you did.