I was wrong about 8 GB being too little in 2024. erichill414 wrote the following: "I did a test the other day with my base M1 Air by opening a window of Safari and loading it with 20 tabs of different sites and also opened a second window with 5 different TH-cam videos playing simultaneously. I also did the same with Firefox at the same time with the 20 tabs and 5 videos. I checked memory pressure and it was in the yellow with about 2-3 gigs in swap. I went through all the windows and tabs and nothing reloaded and all the videos played smooth with no stuttering. That’s way more than I would ever do so I know it’ll last me a few more years." You can do a lot with 8GB in 2024, but my largest concern is will 8 GB be enough in 2028 or 2029. The reason why I stated 8 GB is not enough is because I always upgrade my computers with as much as I can afford and I normally ignore the base models and this bias clouded my recommendation in the video. I apologize for the confusion and 8 GB is a good model to pick up.at this time.
I did a test the other day with my base M1 Air by opening a window of Safari and loading it with 20 tabs of different sites and also opened a second window with 5 different TH-cam videos playing simultaneously. I also did the same with Firefox at the same time with the 20 tabs and 5 videos. I checked memory pressure and it was in the yellow with about 2-3 gigs in swap. I went through all the windows and tabs and nothing reloaded and all the videos played smooth with no stuttering. That’s way more than I would ever do so I know it’ll last me a few more years.
I have access to a base M1 Mac mini and did something similar, but not to the extent that you did. I had 13 Firefox tabs open, Final Cut with my most complicated video, my email client, and the Music app open all at once. I was consistently hitting yellow memory pressure and that's how I knew when to stop. My biggest issue with 8 GB of RAM is even though it's enough in 2024, my main concern is how it will perform in 2028 - 2029. But your tests do show that I was wrong on how limiting 8 GB of RAM will be for the average consumer and in the immediate future you can do quite a lot.
@@dell1032I completely agree about future needs and 8 gb won’t go as far. That’s why I’ll be in the market for an M5 or M6 or whatever will be out at that time. Hopefully by then Apple will up the ram in their base model to 16 gb. I got my M1 last year for 650 which was a great deal for the time and still good for those that need a good basic computer today. The jump to Apple silicon was a win for Apple and for us as users.
I was wrong about 8 GB being too little in 2024.
erichill414 wrote the following:
"I did a test the other day with my base M1 Air by opening a window of Safari and loading it with 20 tabs of different sites and also opened a second window with 5 different TH-cam videos playing simultaneously. I also did the same with Firefox at the same time with the 20 tabs and 5 videos. I checked memory pressure and it was in the yellow with about 2-3 gigs in swap. I went through all the windows and tabs and nothing reloaded and all the videos played smooth with no stuttering. That’s way more than I would ever do so I know it’ll last me a few more years."
You can do a lot with 8GB in 2024, but my largest concern is will 8 GB be enough in 2028 or 2029. The reason why I stated 8 GB is not enough is because I always upgrade my computers with as much as I can afford and I normally ignore the base models and this bias clouded my recommendation in the video. I apologize for the confusion and 8 GB is a good model to pick up.at this time.
I bought an m2 pro mini at release, and a refurb m1 mb air late last year for travel. Honestly can’t tell the difference performance-wise.
I did a test the other day with my base M1 Air by opening a window of Safari and loading it with 20 tabs of different sites and also opened a second window with 5 different TH-cam videos playing simultaneously. I also did the same with Firefox at the same time with the 20 tabs and 5 videos. I checked memory pressure and it was in the yellow with about 2-3 gigs in swap. I went through all the windows and tabs and nothing reloaded and all the videos played smooth with no stuttering. That’s way more than I would ever do so I know it’ll last me a few more years.
I have access to a base M1 Mac mini and did something similar, but not to the extent that you did. I had 13 Firefox tabs open, Final Cut with my most complicated video, my email client, and the Music app open all at once. I was consistently hitting yellow memory pressure and that's how I knew when to stop. My biggest issue with 8 GB of RAM is even though it's enough in 2024, my main concern is how it will perform in 2028 - 2029. But your tests do show that I was wrong on how limiting 8 GB of RAM will be for the average consumer and in the immediate future you can do quite a lot.
@@dell1032I completely agree about future needs and 8 gb won’t go as far. That’s why I’ll be in the market for an M5 or M6 or whatever will be out at that time. Hopefully by then Apple will up the ram in their base model to 16 gb. I got my M1 last year for 650 which was a great deal for the time and still good for those that need a good basic computer today. The jump to Apple silicon was a win for Apple and for us as users.