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expiredZXL posted Mar 15, 2024 12:50 PM
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expiredZXL posted Mar 15, 2024 12:50 PM
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How much RAM you need depends on how you use the computer.
8 GB is going to be fine for a lot of people.
Maybe not for gamers. Maybe not for people who use programs which work better & faster with a lot of RAM.
But if you surf the internet, use office software (Libre Office, Microsoft office), watch videos, etc., 8 GB will be fine.
If you like to have a lot of browsers & less memory intensive programs open, and switch between them a lot, 8 GB generally still will be fine.
If you keep a lot of browser tabs open, browsers now have a setting that will "sleep" browsers that are not currently being used; that reduces the memory demands from the browser. If you don't turn this on, you can run into memory problems.
It can help to reboot your computer occasionally (set your browser to remember the open tabs if that's important to you).
If you're a gamer, 8 GB may not be enough for you.
Apple isn't cheap
How much RAM you need depends on how you use the computer.
8 GB is going to be fine for a lot of people.
Maybe not for gamers. Maybe not for people who use programs which work better & faster with a lot of RAM.
But if you surf the internet, use office software (Libre Office, Microsoft office), watch videos, etc., 8 GB will be fine.
If you like to have a lot of browsers & less memory intensive programs open, and switch between them a lot, 8 GB generally still will be fine.
If you keep a lot of browser tabs open, browsers now have a setting that will "sleep" browsers that are not currently being used; that reduces the memory demands from the browser. If you don't turn this on, you can run into memory problems.
It can help to reboot your computer occasionally (set your browser to remember the open tabs if that's important to you).
If you're a gamer, 8 GB may not be enough for you.
after a clean windows 11 install, and open tabs, mem is at around 7GB. so if you don't anything else, it's going to be trash, i know because i own a few laptop with 8GB mem and it is painful.
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Glad you agree with me.
"256gb is just 32gb? WTF?"
256gb / 8 = 32GB. Hope you learn something.
"The apple silicon machines run circles around anything remotely close to it from the windows side".
Oh really? The usual things people boost about is battery life (non MACs also have similar battery life) and video editing.
But tell me, how do I edit 4K raw video with just 8GB ram and 256GB storage? You have any clue how big RAW video files are? 4GB/min. So I cannot even import one hour of video to edit.
You really want to edit your 4k raw video files as cheap as possible? Buy an m1 for $650 or 699, and buy external storage. Most low end professionals edit with external storage. 4444xq is 1.7-2.1Gb/s. Canon RAW 4K is 2.3. That's over a terabyte an hour. People are often editing externally, so complaining about internal storage is silly. The m1 will SMOKE any budget windows laptop in Resolve. Not only that, but with apple you get Final Cut Pro and Protools bundled at an absurdly cheap price of $200 via education discount.
So editing videos on a budget, in 2024 apple is lightyears a better choice than any budget windows solution because:
1) It will run resolve 10x better because it will use tons of swap memory for Vram
2) you get FCP for $200
on windows you cant edit in FCP, and resolve runs like $%^& if at all because it needs lots of vram
You really want to edit your 4k raw video files as cheap as possible? Buy an m1 for $650 or 699, and buy external storage. Most low end professionals edit with external storage. 4444xq is 1.7-2.1Gb/s. Canon RAW 4K is 2.3. That's over a terabyte an hour. People are often editing externally, so complaining about internal storage is silly. The m1 will SMOKE any budget windows laptop in Resolve. Not only that, but with apple you get Final Cut Pro and Protools bundled at an absurdly cheap price of $200 via education discount.
So editing videos on a budget, in 2024 apple is lightyears a better choice than any budget windows solution because:
1) It will run resolve 10x better because it will use tons of swap memory for Vram
2) you get FCP for $200
on windows you cant edit in FCP, and resolve runs like $%^& if at all because it needs lots of vram
Literally been editing .265 on Windows 11 laptop, $765 purchased back in 2022. In 2024, that laptop can prob be had for $500 or less.
"buy external storage", that makes this PORTABLE laptop (you apple fans kept touting that point) not so much portable. You also forgot to add the cost of the external drive to the $699.
"Most low end professionals edit with external storage."
You mean most APPLE users edit with external storage. Non-Apple users just buy 2TB or 4TB m.2 SSD and be done with it.
"The m1 will SMOKE any budget windows laptop in Resolve."
Not a chance, it can't even load more than a few minutes of footage.
But if you want to put your money where your mouth is, I am willing to bet with you.
"Final Cut Pro and Protools bundled at an absurdly cheap price of $200 via education discount"
Why would I want FCP for $300 (not a student) when I can use Resolve for free?
So your $699 M1 is now $999. That's still not counting the cost of the external drive.
"It will run resolve 10x better because it will use tons of swap memory for Vram"
No it won't. It cant't even load the large file into the internal SSD.
Whereas my properly equipped PC do not even need swap memory. Everything is in VRAM or just RAM. My system have more VRAM than your entire M1 system RAM.
"on windows you cant edit in FCP"
Again, why would I?
That's like saying, in Mac, you can't edit in Windows movie maker.
"resolve runs like $%^& if at all because it needs lots of vram"
actually very smoothly, b/c I have LOTS of VRAM!
So once you add up the external drive, and FCP $300, this "budget" editing machine is now at $1200. You know what I can get for that money for a PC?
I guess the M1 Air is Apple's answer to a more modest/budget priced entry level Mac or could we see Apple repackage the M1/M2 processor in a future model like a MacBook SE similar to what they've done with their watches and phones?
after a clean windows 11 install, and open tabs, mem is at around 7GB. so if you don't anything else, it's going to be trash, i know because i own a few laptop with 8GB mem and it is painful.
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