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I don't know what I would do with that much SSD, and it makes me wonder if they're using cheap stuff or if it's all on one PCI lane.

The RAM size is barely an issue because the OS has had excellent efficiency from coming from phone engineering. I've had 16 gig for years and never had a problem.

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Very obviously assembled from cheap components at that price range. I like Lenovo Business stuff. Their regular laptops are assembled from the same cheapo components as the HP and Dell laptops my parents brag about getting for a steal at Costco… which then fail irreparably in under 2 years. Rinse repeat.

> wonder if they're using cheap stuff or if it's all on one PCI lane

Nah they just aren't charging apple tax. "Bad" ssd (which imo are still amazing) are dirt cheap these days.

for me 16gig is definitely not enough.

I'm on a 36gb M3 and I have to reboot it every three to five days to have it behave again.

I have normal dev apps open: a browser with jira, another with testing, another with documentation, an ide, teams, calendar, zoom.. it adds up very, very quickly. 16gigs are gone in the blink of an eye

If you have to reboot to get it useable again instead of just killing and re-launching the applications there's something wrong with the OS, not with the applications. Have you tried killing and re-launching the browsers and pseudo-browsers (Teams etc.)?

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