The M1 is the silver chip labeled with APL1102, housing the 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, I/O controllers, and more all in one. You're pushing your available 8 Gb now at 6.54, so you don't have a lot of free RAM above that, especially if your RAM is also being used for Cache at 1.3 (my Dutch is very weak, having spent very little time in Volkel, Veghel and Einhoven).A teardown of the new Mac mini has surfaced on the forum eGPU.io (via Reddit), providing us with a real-world look at Apple's new M1 chip, which is soldered onto a much smaller logic board than the one found in the 2018 model of the computer. In the field of software development, 8 Gb is perceived to be the new minimum. My new M1 Mac mini performs several functions much slower than my i3, which I write off to less memory and not yet optimized software. If for no other reason than as so many have suggested, I'd get 16 Gb so you have some elbow room. I had 32 Gb on my previous Mac mini i3 Intel box, and 'upgraded' to the M1 Mac mini with 16 Gb. Unfortunately after we started going from Meg to Gig of RAM available, developers decided it was the Wild West, and they could blame their issues on the computers memory or lack thereof. In the late 80's and early 90's developers were forced to write software that used as little memory as possible. Plus, if you go to sell your M1 Mac mini down the road 8 Gb will not be nearly as attractive as a 16 Gb variant.Īpps don't seem to be getting smaller or having a lower demand upon memory.

You're pushing your available 8 Gb now at 6.54, so you don't have a lot of free RAM above that, especially if your RAM is also being used for Cache at 1.3 (my Dutch is very weak, having spent very little time in Volkel, Veghel and Einhoven).

Click to expand.Apps don't seem to be getting smaller or having a lower demand upon memory.

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