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As of today, Apple has discontinued all Mac models that had a minimum of 8 GB of RAM. Now, the standard is 16 GB or more.
This change follows the announcement of the new MacBook Pro M4 and updates to the MacBook Air with M2/M3. For the latter models, prices remain the same, but the base RAM has been increased.
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