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0 pointsdangus14d ago0 comments

My main point isn’t about caring or not, the point is that 4GB RAM in a laptop/desktop is incredibly rare for how outdated it is.

The PS4 came out in 2013 and has 8GB of RAM. In case you need help counting, that’s 13 years ago.

And that’s an optimized game console with no general purpose operating system and limited multitasking capability.

10 years ago, Samsung phones were shipping with 6GB of RAM. Not many phones even physically last that long.

My uncle bought a $350 trash Windows PC a couple years ago, literally the cheapest thing I could find on sale at Staples, and it came with 12GB of RAM.

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bigfishrunning14d ago

The price of memory is insane, so if anyone wants to increase performance/dollar, they're likely going to have to do it in software. I would suspect 4Gb computers are going to come back if the hungry AI beast doesn't cool it soon.

dangusOP13d ago

The RAM market will stabilize. These crazy spikes never last.

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