"8GB base model in 2023 for normal browsing with Firefox is completely enough" - random youtuber
"8GB base model in 2023 for normal browsing with Firefox is completely enough" - random youtuber
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Unified memory is God King. Lots of masturbatory behind the scene for those tech enthusiasts.
What’s “normal” browsing varies wildly between people.
29 0 ReplyPosts like these never include any details that we can draw meaningful conclusions from.
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if you have ram available, it should be used. otherwise it’s wasted
15 1 ReplyAre you sleeping your unused tabs? That appears to be the issue here, no?
8 0 ReplyYou can do that in Firefox?
1 0 ReplyIndeed! I’m not positive but I think this may help; check out the Firefox section. There are also extensions that’ll help.
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Maybe that works on a M1/M2-series processor, where the ultrawide bus means all ram works as fast as typical memory, but I wouldn’t want to even consider this on Intel.
3 0 ReplyMeanwhile.... 🤡
3 0 ReplyThis is due to shared memory being counted for every process sharing it though, I think. If 20 processes share 1GB of memory, that is only 1 GB of memory, but macOS might report it as 20GB.
2 0 ReplyMan..., at least you are running miscellaneous apps, I just use Firefox and had to close a few tabs to get back to green bar on memory pressure...
1 0 ReplyIn my case it's only had it happen to me 3 times over the course of 1-2 years. It wasn't consistent in running wild.
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8 GB and constantly swapping. Firefox is the new emacs
3 1 ReplyFiremin
1 0 ReplyI finally increased the Ram to 8Gb on my in laws 2009 iMac core 2duo, it’s pretty snappy again.
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