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		wtetzner on June 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air, supercharged by... Where did the 8GB number come from? The discussion was about 16GB.

grumpyprole on June 9, 2022 [–]

The MacBook Airs have 8GB unless you build to order. My point is that Apples system-on-a-chip architecture, while giving big performance and efficiency gains, comes with a trade-off. That trade off is availability and pricing of RAM configurations.

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