I am not the one claiming that apple does magic with memory. FYI right now I just opened monitor (M1 16GB) and sorted by memory:

1. WindowServer : 4.33GB 2. Safari pages (~10 open): ~ 5GB (monitor reports per tab) 3. Outlook: 1.45 GB 4. VS Code: 1.43 GB 5. Excel: 1.25 GB

Swap Used: 6.46GB.

Memory pressure is already orange and machine is slow.

This is PR speak.

No 8GB, compressed or whatever was not enough for MacOS when M1 was released. Even for simple outlook, web browser, excel type of workflows.

After 3-4 hours of work, the window manager process itself is consuming gigabytes of memory. Not even considering any browser or electron apps.

My M1 Mac mini was choking up so much that I had to trade it in. That was back in 2021. Today apps are even more bloated.

My issue is that now have a super effective rubber duck.

The friction that I had in the past to getting started is gone. I have something to work on 30” after I sit on my desk.

And if something is not working, I have someone eager to discuss with me about it and patiently work towards a solution.

8gb of memory is the issue. I regularly catch the window manager consuming more than 8gb on my 16gb machine.

Also a browser sneeze takes more than 4gb.

Have you ever talked to a lawyer? The only thing that they keep repeating is "shut your mouth".