End of an era: Apple discontinues 8GB RAM Macs as the entire lineup now starts with 16GB
Although Macs have gained a lot of RAM upgrade options over the past few years, Apple has never changed anything in the base models since 2016, when the MacBook Air with 4GB of RAM was discontinued and the 8GB version became the standard. Since then, most Macs (except for the Mac Studio and Mac Pro) still came with 8GB RAM.