frontpagewildbird12 posted Jul 17, 2025 10:02 PM
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frontpagewildbird12 posted Jul 17, 2025 10:02 PM
Grade A Refurb: Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Laptop: M1, 2560x1600, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
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This M1 8gb won't be good for AI or heavy workloads, but is more than enough power for the average internet based user. At this price point, they only have premium chromebooks or crappy Windows laptops. I'd take my M1 8gb over any other if this was my price cap or giving it to a basic user.
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For complex 3D work, yeah of course 8gb isn't going to be enough compared to 64. The i9 (even though they throttled like crazy) would trounce the base M1 in that kind of workload. The M series is better than x86 platforms in most ways.
The point I was making is where BeigeRoute was regurgitating the nonsense Apple talking point where their memory compression (while MUCH better than Windows) is so good that 8gigs on M series Mac is the same as 16gigs on Intel, which is not true.
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With casual admin use (email, discord, onenote, firefox), I'm hitting 65-70% on a 16gb M1 Air. You'll be slamming the swap memory -- or having to treat it like a mobile by single tasking. Just with that stuff alone, I'm occasionally hitting that swap memory like it owes me money.
You're better off looking at the entry-level M4 Air which routinely hits $850. Yes, it's more than twice the price -- but you're getting a CPU that is significantly better AND twice the ram (just in the base config). For $1000, you can get that same config in a 15" chassis. All with the option to get a spanking fresh 3-year warranty.
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You don't understand how ram works. If there's more RAM it will use more of it. If there's only 8 GB available, there would still be probably 20% headroom left running those same apps you're talking about
This is an absolutely comical take for anyone with education in system architecture. Lol. I am dying from laughing every time I read this.
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That's exactly how apple memory management works. not like android - use as much as available.
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