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nikhizzleyesterday at 11:50 PM7 repliesview on HN

Ex-Apple kernel engineer here, Apple will deal with the memory shortage by making software more efficient in ram usage. Apple will just make every aspect of the system more and more memory efficient. They've done it before over and over and can do it again.


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HerbManictoday at 5:02 AM

This is a great long term strategy despite what the share holders would want to believe. If you increase efficiency even on lower end devices, you will get people coming back for more. It isn't the sale today, it is the sale tomorrow that matters.

upmostlytoday at 6:40 AM

I read this as satire.

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cybercatgurrlyesterday at 11:52 PM

i wonder if this is the real reason behind the push for the snow leopard like release this year

szmarczaktoday at 12:03 AM

Apple? Sure. What about other developers? Firefox, Chrome already use gigabytes of RAM.

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ashoeafoottoday at 7:43 AM

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7etoday at 2:17 AM

They won’t be able to do that for AI models, because they suck at AI.