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This is absolutely awesome and something I always wanted (I’m in a 8GB M1 though which I regret often not going to a 16GB). I just want to sandbox some of the applications I need to use but don’t trust on my computer (looking at you Bambu studios). I tried using the sandbox feature on macOS but it’s unusable for me on Ventura.

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> I’m in a 8GB M1 though which I regret often not going to a 16GB

You can always upgr.. no, wait

with Chrome/Arc/Edge being what they are, being able to get 24GB was a game changer for me - it allowed me to go back to an Air, which is definitely my preferred form factor.

I never regret money spent on RAM....

> I never regret money spent on RAM....

That's kind of Apple's tiered upselling plan, isn't it? ;-/

But as an Apple user I concur completely. The awful experience of bloated apps (or multiple VMs) slowing your system to a crawl isn't worth the few hundred dollars you saved by opting for a lower memory SiP.

$400 to upgrade 8GB to 24GB is a significant jump and more than a "few hundred"

$400, while indeed a significant jump, absolutely is "a few hundred," given that $200 is "a couple hundred." In my reckoning, "a few hundred" starts around $250 and arguably runs up to $750, where "almost a thousand" could be said to start.

To me (neither of us is right, or wrong), 200 - couple, 3 or 400 - few, 500+ - several, 750+ - almost a thousand.

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