8gb in a pro machine honestly wild. I guess it makes some sense if you consume content and you want a better screen and audio, but it still offends.

It doesn't make sense in any world, it only exists to be there so people get to into the checkout flow and throw a few hundred dollars to get it to a usable spec.

It's pure ewaste that it exists.

The WORST part is the 8GB Macbook Pro (base M3) doesn't support 2 external displays but this new Macbook Air (base M3) DOES. This is so confusing

The "pro" isn't for work or productivity, its for the appearance of work and productivity. Most people who buy Macs don't really understand what they are getting, developers included.

I feel like sometimes the bean counters win out too strongly at Apple...

M2 also has 8GB model, e.g. MNEH3LL