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		space_ghost on April 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All-new iMac features the M1 chip Are the harsh RAM limitations a symptom of the M1 chip? 16GB is terribly low for anyone that uses VMs.

bombcar on April 21, 2021 [–]

M1 has on-package RAM and limited to two chips thereof. I’ve read that in theory they could use the 12GB version thereof and get to 24GB but choose not to.

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