AI Is Eating the World’s Memory. Apple Is the Only Company That Doesn’t Care.

Apple responded by building its cheapest laptop ever. Here’s how.

There’s a component inside every device you own that you’ve probably never thought about. It’s called RAM: random access memory. Without it, your processor is a genius sitting in an empty room with no desk, no paper, and no way to work. RAM is the surface where your computer spreads out everything it’s doing at once: every open tab, every running applic…