The average computer user can get by with 8GB just fine
Hard disagree. The average computer user is idling at 5gb already because the average computer user is stupid.
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accideath@lemmy.world 6 months agoPlaying devils advocate here: As someone who deals with stuff like that, you also wouldn’t buy the base model mac. The average computer user can get by with 8GB just fine and it’s not like you can’t configure Macs with more than that.
That of course doesn’t justify the abhorrent price of the upgrades…
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 6 months ago
accideath@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Still leaves 3gb for the web browser and the average user isn’t using anything else anyways. And even on chrome that’s quite a few pages.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No they can’t. I ran 8gb of ram for years and it turns out that that’s why my computer sucked
accideath@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Maybe you’re not an average user then. Most people just browse the web and maybe manage some photos or fill out a document once in a while. You could do that on 4GB if you wanted to, let alone 8.
Specal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I wouldn’t say 4gb is usable for the average consumer. Using the assumption they’re using windows 11 that’ll eat 3.7 ish GB of ram just idling.
uis@lemm.ee 6 months ago
How? I have 108 tabs open and still use 2.67GB of RAM.
accideath@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You forget there though, that a lot of the RAM, that Windows (and most modern operating systems) uses, while idling, is a cache of programs you’re likely to open and that gets cleared, if you open something else. That has been a thing since Vista and was btw one of the reasons why Vista was criticized for high memory useage. Windows 11 is very useable with 4GB of RAM, if you’re not planning to do something bigger than browsing the web or editing a word document.
Specal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And here I am, putting 16gb in every machine I work on because it’s so damn cheap there’s no reason not to future proof
accideath@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I mean, same. The difference in price for 8GB and 16GB is negligible, especially if you want dual channel on desktops
Specal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My girlfriends mum wanted to know why her laptop was slow… It was because HP thought that 4gb of ram is acceptable in 2022 (when the laptop was sold). Granted ram wasn’t as cheap then as it is now… Still I paid £30 for a brand new 8gb DDR4 sodimm, there’s not reason hp couldn’t do that. It’s annoying the corners these company cut.
accideath@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My experience is, that 4GB is just about useable for a bit of web browsing and similar stuff. Even on windows 11. I have an old Surface Pro 4 laying around that, in a pinch, works perfectly fine with 11. Of course, it’s not fast. But it’s totally useable.
exanime@lemmy.today 6 months ago
For apple, that difference is $200… not negligible I’d say
Specal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s because apple is a greedy grabby company who wants all your money. The easiest solution is to stop buying their products
accideath@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh yea, absolutely. I meant that in regards to the price of memory itself, be it as modules for your desktop PC or the chips itself for soldered solutions. Apple’s markup is bonkers
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I just slap in 32GB on every computer I build because the MoBos can take 128GB and anything less feels cheap and silly.