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You can love or hate AI, but it’s killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs

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The one unambiguously positive thing that the generative AI hype cycle has done for computers this year is the RAM floor for many PCs and all Macs is now finally 16 GB instead of 8 GB .

"Pay for 16 GB if you can" has been my blanket advice to MacBook buyers for years now.

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English

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