Apple's new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599...

8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple’s new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599…

  • nutsack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    1 year ago

    soldering in an unusably low amount of memory or storage into the base model is classic bait and switch. they get to advertise a much lower price than what you will end up paying

    • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      And if people buy the low-end one, they’ll feel like they need to upgrade sooner.

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          If that was really a danger for them, the original iMac would have killed the company. At least it had a nice colourful case to look at while waiting for it to do things or restart after its latest crash.