Same principle, different industry. Some people may shrug it off, others may see it as a necessity and get a gentle upsell.Eh?No they can't be upgraded easily. There is an entire group of people who don't even know, let alone care to know, what these numbers mean. There is also a subset of people who just use a computer for documents, web browsing and email. Their photo collections aren't that big.
For those who need lots of storage, well there's a gentle upsell available just for you. If you know what RAM and storage is, then you already know what you have to buy.
It's like saying a car's MSRP is $__,___ but all the features you want require a trim or two up, or a special package. I think many would argue that every BMW 3 series should have lumbar standard, but it doesn't
RAM and SSD are soldered in and cannot be upgraded.
I thought the thread title was interesting referring to 2020 Macs as new? Actually it's because of memory bandwidth in AS based Macs such as the M1, the soldered on RAM can cache swap with the soldered on SSD at almost the same speed. So your 8GB RAM if it caches from the SSD is almost same access speed, so you can do most everything only with 8GB. A 256 GB SSD is enough to get by if you don't store much, as 200 GB will hold a lot including the MacOS.
What is the last part referring to?
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You're looking at the entry level models. These are considered minimum specs for a functioning Mac these days.
Tons. With 8GB of RAM on my M1 MacBook Air, I can work quite well with Adobe Creative Cloud apps running plus email, browser, video conferencing. I guarantee it does all this much faster than your 2011 Mac, whatever it is. The 256 GB SSD is a bigger choke point, but for many people who offload storage onto cloud services like iCloud, it's less of an issue than you'd think.
No. Not at all. You can always plug in an external drive, but nothing inside is upgradeable anymore.
It's definitely possible. I've done it. Obviously 16 GB is better, but Macs are very very good at managing RAM, and the current SSDs are so fast that even when you have to rely on disk swap, it's not nearly as big a hit as it used to be.
The batteries in Mac Laptops are service provider replaceable, they are lithium based. The AS based laptops have much greater battery life than the older intel based models.
Yes AS = Apple Silicon such as M1, M1 Pro/Max/Ultra, M2.
No, but someone who took video of their dog doing something goofy and wants to trim the video before uploading to TikTok can do just fine on an 8GB Mac.
You could do those task on an 8/256GB machine but the fact that you are asking about it suggests that you are less willing to sacrifice some performance for a cheaper price so I suggest that you upgrade both RAM and storage to reasonable levels. 16, 24, or 32 GB RAM would all probably work for you depending on which Mac model you are getting. Storage will depend on how much you store internally. I have 1TB on my MacBook Air. The 2TB would be nice but gets very pricey. I have an external SSD for large but less commonly accessed files.
I looked at your previous posts, you call it a Mac 2011 pro. 13 inch. 16gb, it should be called a 2011 13" MacBook Pro, be easier to help you.
All recent AS Macs (laptops/desktops) use soldered on RAM and SSDs. All the last few years of intel based MacBook Airs are soldered which is this topic.
So some pre 2016? I’m hoping to get my 2011 working. Just snall issue with new SSD. I understand that 8gb ram in 2020 model will run circles around my 2011 16gb but it’s done me good for now.
