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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] cdegallo@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I built a gaming PC for the first time since ~20 years ago. Decided to dump 64gb into it for no good reason other than ram is cheap and I figured I might as well.

8gb...jeebus.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I did the same thing. It's one of the cheapest upgrades you can get for a PC, but Apple will charge triple the actual cost to maximize profits.

[–] Blueteamsecguy@infosec.pub 1 points 8 months ago

This is not exclusive to Apple, any pre-built reseller does the same thing, Apple just has their flair of a little bit more