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Why does open source take up so much memory space on Macos (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have macbook air with M1 chip, I wish I could change to linux but unfortunately I cant so I try to stick as much as possible to using open source on macos. But i cant understand why FOSS apps take up so much space in memory. I'm even getting messages that says that I dont have space left in memory and i must close apps, and I thought that chip M1 was enough with 8gb of ram. I send a pic of my memory usage.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Selling 8GB high end laptops like macbooks with soldered RAM shouldn't be a thing at all. It's such a waste of resources, because devices which could be used in 10 years won't be useful beyond basic word processing and browsing.

The only reason Apple has them is to have a low starting price while taking 200 USD for 8GB additional RAM. For context, 16GB RAM costs about 50 USD in retail.