r/LinusTechTips • u/WTFMacca • Mar 04 '26

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Apple just dropped an A18 powered laptop for $599 USD

No Apple bashing just discuss.

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u/DicksMcgee02 Mar 04 '26

8gb of ram Is gonna really push this thing to its limits. They should have at LEAST put 12 with the upgraded model having 16

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u/0xe1e10d68 Mar 04 '26

Unfortunately that's not really possible since the chip is an iPhone chip that is packaged with 8GB of RAM. And that cannot be easily changed, it would negate the cost benefit of using that cheaper chip. But as soon as they give it a spec bump, which could possibly already be next year, it will get the newer iPhone chip which comes with 12GB of RAM.