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Apple is launching new products next week, here’s what’s coming - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
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[–] 10 points 8 months ago (6 children)

12.9-inch display

A18 Pro chip

8GB RAM

Fun color options

Roughly $699 price

Not a bad price. 8GB of RAM is pretty low these days

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    So yeah, 8GB might be a bit low if you want to do anything more intensive than just lite browsing.

    Don't all those units have integrated graphics with unified memory? Meaning that 8GB of RAM is shared with the graphics frame buffer. So there's less than 8GB available to the OS, right?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago*

    Yes but that’s generally true for low end laptops. They may not always have unified memory on a soc in the Intel world but they don’t get a discrete GPU with its own memory.

    The A18 is the previous gen iPhone’s chip. So the target audience is people who could do their work on a phone but want a bigger screen and a keyboard. For people who use the current cheap iPad (A16 with 6 GB) it’ll be an upgrade.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    My M1 MacBook Air has 8GB RAM, and it grinds to a halt every time I get more than 10 browser tabs open. Sometimes when waking from sleep, it’s like 5 minutes before the thing becomes responsive again…. So no, 8 GB is not enough in this day and age.

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