8GB M3 Mac vs 16GB Windows PC - Did Apple LIE to You?!

Apple said an 8GB Mac is equivalent to a 16GB Windows PC. Can that be true? We Test it!

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Timestamps ⬇️
8GB M3 Mac vs 16GB Windows Laptop - 00:00
Baseline Performance - 00:44
Real-World Performance - 02:08
Multi-tasking - 04:48
Responsiveness - 06:06
is 8GB the same as 16GB? - 06:44

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[lemagreengreen]

It's wild that this needs to be explained to people.

The power of marketing...

[DOGroove]

I had 16GB Ram in my MacBook Pro 10 years ago… 8GB in 2023 is horrendous.

[jj_edzep]

That 8GB Mac only exists to upsell another 8GB for $200, a Crucial 8GB 5600 DDR5 SODIMM is $25, 1/8th the price.
What Apple is doing is misleading advertisement

[amyshaw]

Selling a $1599 laptop with 8gb of ram in 2023 should be a crime 😮

[basedboy]

My 2017 Macbook Pro‘s SSD wore out so quickly due to the swapping that one day it just stopped working. I‘m glad that it was still under warranty and had been replaced.

[andrewgarfield]

Never buy 8gb laptop no matter windows or mac..

[Reza_]

Worth noting that the windows laptop is not running dual channel memory config, you could get even more performance by using a pair of 8GB ram sticks

[derekdresser]

What is worse is the mac is relying on the also not replaceable flash storage for its swap file. The flash drive has a fixed known life span. Which means you are also shortening the life span of the computer by getting the 8 gig configuration. It's kind of brilliant on Apples part in a most devious way

[Atom.Tech.]

12 GB Ram Phones laughing in the corner 😂

[emanuelecerri]

"less is more... expensive (and that's it)" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Roninkinx]

My laptop in 2015 came standard with 16gb ram. It was 699 usd. This is ridiculous in 2023.

[cadenchurchill]

Apple only giving 8GB of RAM on a pro laptop is just ridiculous - especially considering how much 16GB VASTLY improves the performance. I think it's still okay having 8GB in the base MacBook Air, but not in a pro laptop.

[gerald]

This was definitely a marketing / finance call by Apple. The engineers at Apple would definitely be opposed to furnishing such a Pro system with only 8 GB. It is unfortunate that less knowledgeable buyers will get stuck with such a system as their computing needs grow even slightly.This reminds me of when Apple was selling the smallish iPhone 5 while other suppliers were selling larger phones which is where the demand was going. Apple missed the market trend and marketed the small size of this phone as an advantage as it would easily fit in the pocket. Buyer beware...

[sri]

Could you please share the cost and processor specs of these two machines? Thanks.

[psicologiajoseh]

Why Apple people accept this kind of abuse from this company.

[innnews]

It’s sad Apple sells bunch of new Macs in 2023 with shamefully inadequate specs like 8GB Ram & 256GB SSD. No new computers should have less than 16GB Ram & 1TB SSD in 2023.

[mejohnc]

If Apple wanted quality segmentation, the M3 would start at 12GB and max out at 24GB, with BOTH configs available in-store for folks who can't wait on custom orders/don't even know about them. The M3 Pro should start at 24GB and max out at 48GB and go hog wild with the Max RAM configs, it just feels like that was the trajectory we were on before M3. I know its easy to spend Apple's money but look at RAM prices and it's rather reasonable, even considering Apple's generous margins.

[dima]

M1 was phenomenal. But in recent years laptops on Windows have done a lot of work in those areas where they lagged behind: Quite good screens, touchpads that are useful, fast SSDs, very good hardware (mobile Nvidia 4xxx are great). But Apple remains in the same logic regarding memory/storage prices. Yes, the M3 is a little faster, but the speed and efficiency of hardware is not Apple's primary problem right now. As a buyer, I see enormous practical progress on the side of Windows laptops and hardly see it on the Apple side. And you know what ? In Europe prices even worse. I can buy Asus or Lenovo for almost US price, but it's different story with Apple.

[tudork]

while I do agree that 8gb is too little, it should be worth mentioning that if you disconnected both laptops form the charging cabled. this would be hole different story; isn't the point of a laptop to be portable a use it without having to be tied to a outlet? It should be also factored in that the functionality of both machines stayed virtually the same. And for people that would call me an apple fanboy, I do not own a MacBook, I use Linux and Windows.

[Япохожнакота]

What are the characteristics of the Lenovo Legion Windows laptop, the exact processor model and what video card was used?
Nvidia RTX 3050???