TRUTH | 1 week with 8GB M3 MacBook

I used the M3 MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM for software development - FOR A WEEK!

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[AZisk]

Sharing my experience here, good and bad. Trying to be neutral here, and make conclusions BASED ON ACTUAL TESTS, instead of rhetoric.

[NetImperia]

I have a friend(web developer) who bought an m1 with 8 gigabytes of memory. He used it with docker. His ssd died 1.5 years later...

[phongnamhai]

I’ve decided to opt for a pre-owned M1 MacBook Pro with 32GB of RAM, as it’s more affordable. In my experience, having ample RAM to ensure smooth program execution outweighs the marginal speed increase from a newer M3 MacBook Pro with only 8GB of RAM

[DannyMexen]

I remember when you were sub 100K and look where you are now.

Thank you for all your hard work!

Let’s go 300K!

[andyH_England]

Yes, common sense.

If the apps you run are RAM-intensive and you make your living from developing, then 8GB should not even be on your radar. The question would be 16GB or 24GB on the base M3, or 18GB or 36GB on the M3 Pro MB Pros?

As a professional driver for 40 years (60-80K miles a year) I bought expensive cars like Audis and VWs. I could buy a similar car for 66% of the price, but it was my living so I bought premium due to quality and reliability. If it is your living, do not skimp out on RAM or storage; as a dev the computer is your livelihood, an investment...common sense.

[mairhart]

Apple's miserly view of Pro memory is making the Snapdragon Elite chip look really attractive.

[reggieescobar]

I got the 36GB Macbook M3 Pro. Been working like a bunch of docker containers, running some crazy systems locally and haven't shutdown my computer since I bought it 2 month ago. Pretty good stuff.

[alextgordon]

I feel like if you are developing software professionally, then just go crazy and spec way more RAM than you'll ever need. $3k, $4k, it's a drop in the ocean for your primary professional tool. It's better to waste money and have more RAM than you will ever need, than to try to predict how much RAM you'll need and to come up short. Software devs are blessed, the tools of our trade are cheap compared to e.g. video or audio gear. If you're not a professional and you're on a budget, then find some way to buy a machine with 16GB, even if it's an older gen. A CPU upgrade just makes a machine faster, but a RAM upgrade gives a machine new capabilities.

[samrandhaji]

Totally you are the most amazing dev I have ever saw in my entire dev life since 2010, just wanted to tell you cheers,

[Reynaldohpc]

The worst part isn't the 8GB of RAM, but the fact that is not even upgradable.

[FerTechCH]

The problem is not about paying for 8gb of ram, the problem is that Apple doesn’t allow you to upgrade anything.

[RunOs]

Excellent video. I love videos that have a lot of useful information and a little bit of appropriate rambling.

[FerTechCH]

I think Apple should be forced to allow us upgrade the SSD. They always argue environment as one of the reasons they do things. Not allowing us to upgrade RAM or SSD is complete against that same philosophy.

[nexTabDE]

@8:42 "... before I truly understood the value of time."

🤣🤣🤣

[eructationlyrique]

If you plan on reselling or trading-in, it's a good idea to stick to base models. for instance, if you need 16GB of RAM and plan on reselling, get the M3 pro mbp. It's more expensive than the M3 mbp upgraded to 16GB, but you make up for it in resale value

[rhoderzau]

Went for the 24GB 15" to replace a loud 16" M3 Max and I'm happy so far. I have similar workflows to you but drivinga Pro Display XDR with it. I noticed slight stutter a couple of times when typing in Spotlight and closing a tab but the load was low so I've no clue what that was. Using the Hot utility to easily see if I'm thermal throttling. No issues so far, using Android Studio next week though so 🤞

I'm only missing the display quality a little but prefer the how light the 15" Air feels compared to the 14" even though they're similar in weight. 120hz OLED MBA 15" would be my perfect laptop I think.

[debbs_io]

I absolutely loved your review here. One of the best MacBook reviewers on Youtube in my opinion. You leave no stone unturned in your reviews. Please continue. I love your videos. ❤❤

[TheViolinist]

what if you kept your MacBook running, but except waiting for the system automatic fan to kick in, you're going to set it to max speed the whole time? (not related to video, just a video idea)

[kangmasful]

How long is the battery life with the fan constantly running ?

[gingertew]

I use the 16gb version of the m3 macbook from apple refurbished for unity. It gets the gpu results of a m1 pro, the battery life of an air, and the cpu results of like an m2 pro. If you are on edge about spending too much money, get an m3 refurbished you will not regret it.