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"8GB base model in 2023 for normal browsing with Firefox is completely enough" - random youtuber (lemmy.world)

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Unified memory is God King. Lots of masturbatory behind the scene for those tech enthusiasts.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is due to shared memory being counted for every process sharing it though, I think. If 20 processes share 1GB of memory, that is only 1 GB of memory, but macOS might report it as 20GB.