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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 2 months ago
Hah, guess they’re gonna have to run Linux. Windows 11 would choke on 8 GB RAM.
bananabread@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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.
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have 64gb 32 for vm and 32 for host, security software eats it all. I pity the poor bastards on the 8gb work laptops. My project is funded separately from all the others so we got to order our own laptops. Our previous laptops sucked at 32gb total.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Most bloated apps like outlook and teams etc regularly use nearly a gig of ram each in my experience. Brutal.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have single browser tabs that regularly suck down a whole gig. (And they still have input lag).
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Ya that depends on the content too and what bullshit they load on the background. In this context, these days I look at tabs as apps lol
relativestranger@feddit.nl 2 months ago
an 8gb pc with win11 is today’s equivalent of running vista on 1gb.
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
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FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 months ago
lmaooooo