> If you need 32GB on an Intel Mac you will likely still need 32GB on an Apple Silicon Mac.
I'm comparing non-macos operating systems to macos.
I'm not comparing m1 vs intel, though the M1 brought some improvement in this regard, most of the ram magic was already in place since around MacOS Leopard I think?
> I wish it really did work that way or I'd still have an M1 MacBook Air - but it doesn't. If you really need RAM there is no substitute for having the proper amount of RAM.
That's like saying "calories in calories out" and then only eating vegetable oil for maximum savings on food.
If you need to load a 20gb file into memory, yes you'll need the 20gb of physical ram, but for /multitasking/ 8gb in MacOS really is equivalent to near 16gb in Windows.
I'm comparing non-macos operating systems to macos.
I'm not comparing m1 vs intel, though the M1 brought some improvement in this regard, most of the ram magic was already in place since around MacOS Leopard I think?
> I wish it really did work that way or I'd still have an M1 MacBook Air - but it doesn't. If you really need RAM there is no substitute for having the proper amount of RAM.
That's like saying "calories in calories out" and then only eating vegetable oil for maximum savings on food.
If you need to load a 20gb file into memory, yes you'll need the 20gb of physical ram, but for /multitasking/ 8gb in MacOS really is equivalent to near 16gb in Windows.