Just read that 6-core i9 laptops are coming out with 16GB of RAM and like, what the flying fuck? Why has RAM leveled out on laptops for like, a decade? You’re giving me 6 cores, 4GB VRAM, 4K screen… are i9 chipsets seriously not supporting 32GB still? Seems completely absurd.
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I’m honestly really, really confused by this, the fact that the high end has plateaued for so long WRT RAM. When every app is a browser, and every tab on my browser is Moore’s Law-ing its RAM use, I just don’t understand how the hardware crowd looks at 16G and says “good enough.”
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Replying to @mrasmus
My laptop is a nowadays getting outdated Ivy Bridge i7 and has 32GB RAM. It's not the chips, it's laptop manufacturers being idiots. Clevo has/had 4-slot models like mine that will do 32.
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And yes, I regularly manage to use it all. Yes, my laptop pages me when it's out of RAM.pic.twitter.com/0YWKQ3BETa
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Replying to @marcan42
I have absolutely no doubt you use it all; I’d likely do the same, if I had it available. I swap all the time, sometimes important shit, and it’s annoying as hell.
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I disable swap entirely. I'd rather things get oom-killed than end up in a thrashing grind.
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