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0 pointsakdev1l2mo ago0 comments

MacOS is crazy efficient and can overcommit quite a lot.

I used an M1 Pro for a couple years to work. 8GB of ram but routinely using 12GB including swap.

Now, I couldn’t keep slack and outlook open so there were limitations but I was able to work. People are underestimating the usefulness of 8GB of RAM.

I guess it is also worth saying that I do my work by connecting to a remote server where I do the actual development and everything else. The Mac itself being a web browser and ssh machine

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MrDrMcCoy2mo ago

Not being able to keep Slack and Outlook open at the same time seems like a pretty significant productivity hindrance to me. 8GB RAM is truly pathetic in 2022.

deepthaw2mo ago

I’m freaking out the equivalent of mutt and irc require more than 8GB of RAM to run simultaneously.

What are modern operating systems and applications doing?

astrange2mo ago

You can post images in Slack and use text formatting. Those are things that use memory.

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jshen2mo ago

Gifs. I'm only half joking.

akdev1lOP2mo ago

I used outlook on the browser when needed and slack was open most of the time

I also had around 200 tabs open on the regular

Now I wouldn’t tell you it was a good experience because it wasn’t. But it was usable even pushing the hardware to the max.

Kirby642mo ago

Children don't have Slack and Outlook open. Gmail in a web browser and Discord, maybe. My old M1 Air works just fine for productivity workloads, and has for years.

vunderba2mo ago

Is Slack that much worse of a memory hog than Discord? Aren’t they both built on electron?

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Schiendelman2mo ago

Do you actually have a problem with Slack and Outlook open at the same time on an Apple Silicon Mac with 8GB of memory? Or are you assuming?

MrDrMcCoy2mo ago

I was replying to someone that made that claim from apparent experience.

briandear2mo ago

Not having to use outlook is a feature not a bug.

Izikiel432mo ago

> Not being able to keep Slack and Outlook open at the same time seems like a pretty significant productivity hindrance to me. 8GB RAM is truly pathetic in 2022.

I read this as how bad software quality has gone down, that a mail program and a chat program don't fit in 8GB of RAM.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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MrDrMcCoy2mo ago

Not being able to keep Slack and Outlook open at the same time seems like a pretty significant productivity hindrance to me. 8GB RAM is truly pathetic in 2022.

deepthaw2mo ago

I’m freaking out the equivalent of mutt and irc require more than 8GB of RAM to run simultaneously.

What are modern operating systems and applications doing?

astrange2mo ago

You can post images in Slack and use text formatting. Those are things that use memory.

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jshen2mo ago

Gifs. I'm only half joking.

akdev1lOP2mo ago

I used outlook on the browser when needed and slack was open most of the time

I also had around 200 tabs open on the regular

Now I wouldn’t tell you it was a good experience because it wasn’t. But it was usable even pushing the hardware to the max.

Kirby642mo ago

Children don't have Slack and Outlook open. Gmail in a web browser and Discord, maybe. My old M1 Air works just fine for productivity workloads, and has for years.

vunderba2mo ago

Is Slack that much worse of a memory hog than Discord? Aren’t they both built on electron?

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Schiendelman2mo ago

Do you actually have a problem with Slack and Outlook open at the same time on an Apple Silicon Mac with 8GB of memory? Or are you assuming?

MrDrMcCoy2mo ago

I was replying to someone that made that claim from apparent experience.

briandear2mo ago

Not having to use outlook is a feature not a bug.

Izikiel432mo ago

> Not being able to keep Slack and Outlook open at the same time seems like a pretty significant productivity hindrance to me. 8GB RAM is truly pathetic in 2022.

I read this as how bad software quality has gone down, that a mail program and a chat program don't fit in 8GB of RAM.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse