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Comment on Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices
tomkatt@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Hah, guess they’re gonna have to run Linux. Windows 11 would choke on 8 GB RAM.
bananabread@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
I agree funny enough they require minimum 4 GB, but I had problems with it with 16 GB. 8 GB is nowhere near enough, especially if you use excel, teams, and that crap.
Buckshot@programming.dev 8 hours ago
I have to use windows at work, have 32gb and regularly get browser tabs unloaded for low memory. I’m not running VMs or anything. Usually just Firefox, visual studio, and slack.
Personal computer is Linux with 16gb and that’s more than enough.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Same here. Modern 32 gb machine from work is a slot. 2 minutes from wake to actually working, can be 10 seconds just to use the start menu sometimes. Older thinkpad with 16gb and linux/cosmic desktop - wakes almost instantly and perfectly snappy for most things.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Most bloated apps like outlook and teams etc regularly use nearly a gig of ram each in my experience. Brutal.
tal@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
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FosterMolasses@leminal.space 5 hours ago
lmaooooo