• Lulzagna@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I haven’t used a mac in a few years - there’s AI stuff now? The OS was pretty bloated considering what it was - it used more memory than a Windows machine which is impressive.

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      4 hours ago

      macOS uses more aggressive caching of the filesystem and other things. Using available memory isn’t bad.

      Swap is also bette4 because Apple chooses actually fast SSDs.

      Using a Mac with only 8 GB of RAM is a lot more fun and performant than a windows machine.

      There are very few and limited AI features now. For example Mail has a button to summarize text. There’s also a mediocre local AI to generate images. Apple focuses on locally run small AI models that add small features. It’s not in your face and demands you use it. You can easily ignore the AI features.