Dell's Response to the MacBook Neo

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6 pointsindigodaddy4 comments

I wonder how linux will actually perform in 8gb of memory.

My (wild/uneducated) guess is that the nvme disk is replaceable because the system design implicitly assumes swap memory to be used constantly (hence burning through the disk’s write endurance).

As a linux user that has been using the macbook neo since it’s released, i also wonder how well the memory management will handle constant swap-heavy operations.

On Linux you have full control, you can disable swapping if you want to preserve your disk. You can also use a less heavy UI manager and further reduce memory usage. You have, in theory, more options to control what runs on the hardware than on a Mac.

Linux is not really meant to be used without swap memory.

Any low memory situation will result in system freeze or stuff getting randomly terminated

I've used a number of mini PCs and Arm SBCs with 8 GB of RAM. Most casual use (browsing, writing, media playback) is no problem, but using "creative" software (image editors, NLEs, DAWs, etc.) quickly gets annoying.

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