Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough - eviltoast

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.

  • el_abuelo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    810·
    4 months ago

    I’d love to see you run xcode 16 code completion on your superior OS. Send me a link once you’ve uploaded the vid.

    • Mojave@lemmy.worldEnglish
      132·
      4 months ago

      Why limit it to proprietary software? Almost every linux distro can run Github Copilot X and Jetbrains, which both have had more time to be publicly used and tested and work better in my opinion.

      Send me a video link of Mac having direct access to containers without using a VM (which ruins the point of containers). THAT is directly related to my actual work, as opposed to needing a robot to code for me specifically using Apple’s AI

      • el_abuelo@lemmy.mlEnglish
        25·
        4 months ago

        Because that was what the article was about…I actually am a Linux user and fan, folks just misreading the intentions of my post.

        I would genuinely love to see it, because I’m stuck on mac hardware to do my job and I really hope one day they get crucified for their anticompetative practices so I can freely choose the OS my business uses.

    • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      There is a project being worked on called Darling, but it isn’t ready yet. The developers are making progress though.