AwesomeSteve@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"8GB base model in 2023 for normal browsing with Firefox is completely enough" - random youtuberlemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1-4arrow-down1image"8GB base model in 2023 for normal browsing with Firefox is completely enough" - random youtuberlemmy.worldAwesomeSteve@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThis 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.
minus-squareAwesomeSteve@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMan…, at least you are running miscellaneous apps, I just use Firefox and had to close a few tabs to get back to green bar on memory pressure…
minus-squareDeemolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn my case it’s only had it happen to me 3 times over the course of 1-2 years. It wasn’t consistent in running wild.
Meanwhile… 🤡
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.
Man…, at least you are running miscellaneous apps, I just use Firefox and had to close a few tabs to get back to green bar on memory pressure…
In my case it’s only had it happen to me 3 times over the course of 1-2 years. It wasn’t consistent in running wild.