And thanks to the 8GB soldered RAM you’ve got, you will enjoy this ludicrous speed for about 5 minutes of mild usage, thanks to liquid glass, electron apps and modern web. Brilliant.
8gb will struggle if you really push it, but MacOS handles RAM management well enough that most everyday tasks will work fine. But if you’re really pushing the Neo often enough then it’s probably not for you anyway. The 16gb Air would be a better pick in that case.
to be fair, that wouldn’t be my pick at that pricepoint. That single-core performance would still be unmatched, but I would have something with better IO, more RAM, and more life in it.
8GB is not enough RAM. however, Apple memory management feels kinda magic? my base m2 air is fast enough even when swapping. i like to have a lot of apps open at once and i don’t close them until I’ve finished a project so it’s not enough memory for me. for the average person id argue it’s fine… and i bet apple is going to do a base spec upgrade anyways in a year or two and make a ton of money because of it :p
And thanks to the 8GB soldered RAM you’ve got, you will enjoy this ludicrous speed for about 5 minutes of mild usage, thanks to liquid glass, electron apps and modern web. Brilliant.
Ehhh, yes but also no.
8gb will struggle if you really push it, but MacOS handles RAM management well enough that most everyday tasks will work fine. But if you’re really pushing the Neo often enough then it’s probably not for you anyway. The 16gb Air would be a better pick in that case.
Unlike the equivalent Windows 11 laptop with 32 GB of RAM and an Intel Celeron, where you’d get to experience that speed… Never. But sure, you can have all your apps frozen at once.
to be fair, that wouldn’t be my pick at that pricepoint. That single-core performance would still be unmatched, but I would have something with better IO, more RAM, and more life in it.
I have so many questions about how they’re selling a laptop with that much RAM, especially right now, and that little CPU.
8GB is not enough RAM. however, Apple memory management feels kinda magic? my base m2 air is fast enough even when swapping. i like to have a lot of apps open at once and i don’t close them until I’ve finished a project so it’s not enough memory for me. for the average person id argue it’s fine… and i bet apple is going to do a base spec upgrade anyways in a year or two and make a ton of money because of it :p
Swapping is a nice way to burn that soldered on SSD fast!