I have a Linux Mint running on a intel atom CPU with 256mb ram and no graphics card and it kinda works.

  • Tyoda@lemm.ee
    125·
    1 month ago

    Not to dissect a meme too hard but I’m pretty sure the ram is supposed to go pins down into the potato.

    • jmcs
      103·
      1 month ago

      Lightweight distros need less than 1GB of RAM, so you don’t need to use the entire RAM.

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
        11·
        1 month ago

        It is amazing how little you need to have a functional system. I have a OpenMediaVault / minidlna server using NAS ARM board that only has 256MB of RAM, and it isn’t using all of it, and doesn’t need to swap.

      • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        20 days ago

        There are some that the minimum system requirements is 192mb of ram or even lower

    • Ignotum@lemmy.world
      463·
      1 month ago

      A pile of money on fire

      And then Apple refusing to repair it due to “water damage”

      • body_by_make@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        33·
        1 month ago

        It’s funny people still think this, they just replaced nearly my entire M1 MacBook Pro that was completely fucked because of water damage. Literally everything but the display was replaced, I basically have a new computer at the cost of $300+whatever I paid for AppleCare+ when I bought it ($400, I think?), which is significantly cheaper than buying a new one would have been

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
          72·
          1 month ago

          Nice anecdote.

          Let me tell you an anecdote where I had to pay 620€ to repair the screen of one of their cheaper ipads. About the same price as a new one. Wasn’t even 3 years old.

  • Petter1@lemm.ee
    52·
    1 month ago

    I think macOS and windows have to swapped 🤔 macyoS seems to run less bloat in background

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      1 month ago

      Nah, the MacOS just has the wrong picture.

      It should be a specifically branded laptop, because as far as I know, it is impossible to run MacOS on anything other than an Apple branded computer.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      6·
      1 month ago

      Yeah ddinitely needs image swap, or this meme would make more semse if it said $ instead of requirements. MacOS is unixy and doesn’t require super specs

    • RGB@lemmy.today
      2·
      1 month ago

      Significantly less bloat for sure. I do like that there is the MicroWin project that exists for windows though.

    • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      I assume because apple optimize it for the hardware

    • Cort@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 month ago

      I looked into running potatoless ages ago and didn’t care for the tradeoffs that come with running hamster wheel. You have to change the potatoes every so often, but at least they don’t shit everywhere.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
        3·
        1 month ago

        (Oh, I assumed pictured was a potato CPU, not potato PSU)

        Anyways, as long as you don’t make the mistake of using runny ((s)mashed) potatoes, it should be fairly ez.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        30 days ago

        No joke I read an article a while ago about a computer cafe in like Nepal I think it was? where users had to pedal a small DC generator to power the computers because power is so scarce up on the mountain

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      162·
      1 month ago

      The problem is that Apple doesn’t seem to care. They willy nilly change things and restrict basic functions with zero regard for those who want to support or develop for there platforms.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          The same thing with the desktop. They make major changes without telling a sole. Then the loyal Apple fans blame the developers.

    • BonerMan@ani.socialOP
      521·
      1 month ago

      Nope, you can run winass on worse Mashines than mac, however i still think its incredibly wasteful with resources, but its both of them.

      • MentallyExhausted@reddthat.comEnglish
        24·
        1 month ago

        I just recently did this test on an old MacBook Pro 2011 and installed Windows 10, Pop, and macOS in succession. Windows ran like ass and Pop and macOS ran about the same (fine). Settled on Pop for better Steam compatibility. Trust me, Windows is uniquely bad.

        • BonerMan@ani.socialOP
          213·
          1 month ago

          Windows runs like ass on the Mx Chips in general.

          Apple Software runs good on Apple hardware, yes its way better optimized and made for each other than the Microsoft surface products for example. Doesn’t mean Apple Software runs resource efficiently in general.

          But don’t get me wrong, i hate windows more than Apple software, but thats mostly because im forced to work with windows.

          • Anivia@feddit.org
            5·
            1 month ago

            You’ve clearly never run hackintosh. MacOS runs better than Windows even on PCs not made by Apple. The difference is especially obvious on Laptops, where MacOS gets almost as much battery life as Linux, whilst Windows barely gets about 2/3rds as much

      • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
        7·
        1 month ago

        They give you the laptop underneath but at the price of 90% the PC, but really good looking. If you want more, throw it in the trash and buy new.

        No really I dont think MacOS has big requirements, it simply doesnt officially support most PCs.

        • BonerMan@ani.socialOP
          11·
          1 month ago

          Its just not actually running on most chipsets on purpose so you need a translation layer wich requires a pretty buff PC. It runs well on apple hardware, however its designed for each other. But from what i know it does use more CPU Power than windows, windows is more RAM intensiv than mac as of my last knowledge as well.

          • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
            11·
            1 month ago

            No idea, their laptops are silent since a long time while using i7 or even i9 CPUs. They are hella good at optimization I think.

            Well, I guess I will have to install Hackintosh on my Chromebook and see XD

  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world
    20·
    1 month ago

    Isn’t it windows 11 that is making a ton of hardware irrelevant due to extremely high system requirements? This meme is missing the mark.

    • BonerMan@ani.socialOP
      91·
      1 month ago

      The actual system requirement is a TPM 2 chip for encryption (wich is bullshit and can be turned off with Rufus) for other system requirements it feels better optimized than win 10 but that might be a personal feeling.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        30 days ago

        It’s more than just a TPM requirement. They have actual processor requirements cutting off all 7th gen and older Intel processors and all 2nd gen? Ryzen and older AMD processors so that they can modernize instruction sets. Many perfectly capable if a bit old machines that have years of life left in them that will be going to the recycler who will attempt to extract something of value from these machines.

        I’m all for modernizing instruction sets and cutting off literal ewaste machines that nobody should still be using like the Core 2 Duo for example, but this is just going to produce mountains of ewaste, which is about the last thing we need with the looming climate apocalypse and dire need significantly reduce emissions rapidly

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      37·
      1 month ago

      1 ghz processor, 4 GB of ram. 4gb seems like a lot I suppose. I doubt we can find a tv/monitor that won’t work with it either. Basically any laptop made in the last 15 years can run it. People just bitch about them wanting people to have tpm 2.0 to prevent others from being able to steal all your data easily.

      When it comes down to it, Microsoft will get sued if they don’t prove they are trying to enhance security to protect peoples data. When they do so, they piss off consumers. Is there a better way to do it maybe, but we will always find something wrong with it. If you don’t have tpm set up, the drive encrypted, and your password tied to a secondary factor, anyone can access any of the data on your drive in minutes.

      It has always been so, they have their product installed throughout enterprise systems where attacks on companies have been on the rise worldwide.

      The truth is you can build a computer for a fraction of what you were able to 10-20 years ago because system requirements have stayed fairly steady while tech growth continues.

      Buying a laptop for 179.99 dollars from BestBuy in the year 2000 would have been laughable.

      What can it run. What 95% of users need. Honestly desktops and laptops seem to me like they will both be phased out of most personal use and will just be for business use eventually. Our phones are getting more and more features making it so we can connect Bluetooth keyboards/mice and cast to a tvs/monitors with a desktop setup.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    211·
    1 month ago

    I think macos is much less bloated than windows tho it only runs on apple devices(without trickery). Windows is absolutely horrible on resources.

    • stetech@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 month ago

      Concur. I’d argue they should be flipped, even – Windows (11) needs way more in hardware in order to run fluidly AFAIK, whereas older Macbooks are supported for quite a long time

  • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    1 month ago

    Mac requirement: thin metal laptop made by apple

    Windows requirement: fart instruction for cpu only for 58gen bintel

    Linux: motherboard (optional)

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    17·
    30 days ago

    Corrections:

    MacOS:

    • Featureless Apple™-branded oblong with 195% profit margin (support for 160% profit margin dropped in Apple™ Mac™OS™ 12.8.3.1.6.4 West Coast Yuppie Resort)
    • Devices no more than two years old
    • No pride, self-respect, personality, etc, except that provided by ownership of Apple™ products.

    For Windows:

    • CPU generation newer than an arbitrary, shifting and easily-bypassed watershed.
    • 1, 2, 4, 16 or 128GB of RAM, depends who you ask.
    • Windows License 😉
    • Copilot+ AI requires Microsoft CoPilot+ AI compatible Microsoft CoPilot+ AI CoProcessor+ and Microsoft CoPilot+ CoProcessor+ AI Microsoft CertificAItion+
    • A lack of awareness or interest in operating systems.

    For Linux:

    • Turing-completeness.
    • Memory, networking, inputs, outputs, power (optional).
    • Another computer to occasionally Google who ‘initramfs’ is and why he won’t let you boot.
  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
    16·
    1 month ago

    I have Linux (OpenWRT) running on a router with 64MB RAM and 16MB of flash storage. And it works flawlessy. Also have Linux on a second WiFi router, my TV (LG WebOS), one phone, a laptop and a computer. (And I forgot about the Raspberry Pi and the VPS.)

    • BonerMan@ani.socialOP
      5·
      1 month ago

      Yeah but those are specifically designed for this. Linux Mint 22 isn’t designed to run with what is basically nothing nowadays.