Apple says 8GB is dandy for most mainstream tasks but that's not actually true.
  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    On an Air, 8gb is the bare minimum that is realistically viable, for people who don’t do anything than browse the web

    Thanks to the modern web, web browsing of one of the most RAM intensive tasks. Add a few Electron based apps and you’re in hell.

    • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      For browsing the web 4 GB is enough, unless you do some multitasking. Still I wouldn’t buy a computer with less than 8 GB of RAM nowadays.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        For browsing the web 4 GB is enough, unless you do some multitasking.

        Multitasking = more than one tab and the background tabs not immediately put to sleep.