cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17264153

There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple’s claim that 8GB of unified memory was enough for base-model Apple silicon Macs, you won’t be able to use it. There’s a memory requirement for Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, and it’s the closest thing we’ll get from Apple to an admission that 8GB of memory isn’t really enough for a new Mac in 2024.

  • dactylotheca@suppo.fi
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    4 months ago

    Err, I mean completely regardless of whether I think 8GB is enough or not, they didn’t admit anything of the sort:

    There’s a memory requirement for Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, and it’s the closest thing we’ll get from Apple to an admission that 8GB of memory isn’t really enough for a new Mac in 2024.

    (Emphasis mine.)

    Not being able to run “AI” predictive code completion with 8GB doesn’t mean they’re “admitting” jack shit.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah this kind of reporting just makes me scratch my head. Just blatantly trying to farm clicks from apple haters lol