I always honestly equated Mac nerds with Linux nerds.
Hear me out...
For starters, macOS is certified UNIX, so it can actually be fairly CLI-friendly and has relatively decent interoperability with Linux.
I've known several Linux nerds who swore by Macs for audio/video production. They all used Linux primarily but had a decent Mac around for A/V stuff.
Anyway, Linux users (in my experience) are often artsy and weird and different, honestly a lot like the target demographic users for Apple products, except Linux users have less emphasis on the Corporate Memphis aspect of their personalities.
They released the MacBook pro with only 8gb of memory and tried to convince everyone that with memory compression, 8gb on a Mac was equivalent to 16gb on a Windows system.
While also reducing the amount of that 8GB that is available to the system with the "unified memory" bullshit because they're too cheap to give the GPU dedicated ram.
Unified memory architectures can offer significant performance benefits by reducing latency and increasing efficiency in data transfer between the CPU and GPU.
I do think their statement is a bit off-putting. That’s a terrible way to describe it. However, I can’t really imagine anyone who knows they need more RAM, not buying more RAM.
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eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 2y
linux users in question
TakiMinase@slrpnk.net · 17 pts · 2y
I use Arch BTW
joyjoy@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y
It's a mysterious third thing.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 2y
I always honestly equated Mac nerds with Linux nerds.
Hear me out...
For starters, macOS is certified UNIX, so it can actually be fairly CLI-friendly and has relatively decent interoperability with Linux.
I've known several Linux nerds who swore by Macs for audio/video production. They all used Linux primarily but had a decent Mac around for A/V stuff.
Anyway, Linux users (in my experience) are often artsy and weird and different, honestly a lot like the target demographic users for Apple products, except Linux users have less emphasis on the Corporate Memphis aspect of their personalities.
eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 2y
equating linux nerds to proprietary software created by a trillion dollar conglomerate? does not compute
ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social · 6 pts · 2y
macOS is good. Mac hardware, not so much. I work at an AASP so I'll tell you that if your shit is fucked on a Mac your wallet is too.
joyjoy@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
It really used to be the opposite. Now they're convincing you 8GB is actually 16GB.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Elaborate
joyjoy@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
They released the MacBook pro with only 8gb of memory and tried to convince everyone that with memory compression, 8gb on a Mac was equivalent to 16gb on a Windows system.
roadkill@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
While also reducing the amount of that 8GB that is available to the system with the "unified memory" bullshit because they're too cheap to give the GPU dedicated ram.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Unified memory architectures can offer significant performance benefits by reducing latency and increasing efficiency in data transfer between the CPU and GPU.
I do think their statement is a bit off-putting. That’s a terrible way to describe it. However, I can’t really imagine anyone who knows they need more RAM, not buying more RAM.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
They probably should t have said that lol. I understand what they’re trying to say, but that sounds way too much like SoftRAM (1995).
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 2 pts · 2y
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/11/08/apple-insists-8gb-unified-memory-equals-16gb-regular-ram
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Thank you
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
technical things like CLI is only half of the story, FOSS and techno idealism is also a big part of linux which apple products are antithesis of
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 13 pts · 2y
FTFY
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 2y
you're not entirely wrong, but, fwiw this image was created 11 years after he was fired from Apple (and 5 months before he returned).
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 1 pts · 2y
How about that
javasux@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/depicted-as-a-soyjak
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
What’s the deal with the casual Seinfeld cut?