There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple’s claim that 8GB of unified memory was enough for base-model Apple silicon Macs, you won’t be able to use it. There’s a memory requirement for Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, and it’s the closest thing we’ll get from Apple to an admission that 8GB of memory isn’t really enough for a new Mac in 2024.

  • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    And the apple haters will keep making this exact same comment on every post using their 3rd laptop in ten years while I’m still using my 2014 MacBook daily with no issues.

    Be more original.

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      6 months ago

      Nice attempt to justify planned obsolescence. To think apple hasn’t done this time and time again, you’d have to be a fool

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        6 months ago

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        -posted from my ten year old MacBook which shows no need for replacement

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          6 months ago

          And is what, 3 or 4 operating systems behind due to it being obsolete

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      6 months ago

      They will keep making the same comment as long as it keeps being true.

      • Typed from my 2009 ThinkPad

      Meanwhile your 2014 MacBook stopped receiving OS updates 3 years ago.

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      This is pretty much it. People really just want to find reasons to hate Apple over the past 2 - 3 years. You’re right, though, your Mac can run easily for 10+ years. You’re good basically until the web browsers no longer support your OS version, which is more in the 12-15 year range.