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0 pointsm-hodges3d ago0 comments

> 48 GB is not consumer hardware.

It’s a MacBook.

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Technically that's correct (which as we all know is the best kind of correct), but really, how many consumers are buying a high-end MacBook Pro with 48GB or more of RAM? That's a very small percentage of the population. In these kinds of discussions, "consumer" is being used as a proxy for "something your average home laptop buyer might have". And a 48GB MBP is not that.

I know it's annoying, because a 48GB MBP is indeed technically "consumer hardware", but please understand the context and don't be pedantic. You know what the GP meant. (And if not, that's... kinda on you.)

m-hodgesOP3d ago

> but please understand the context and don't be pedantic.

The context is this is something I can pick up at an Apple Store and not some rig I have to build with NVIDIA cards.

I led with:

> get closer and closer to consumer hardware

I think this demonstrates getting closer, whether you think a MacBook is consumer hardware or not. But I'm the one being pedantic.

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