• 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Man, I remember when everyone on planet Earth said “8 GB is all you need.” Anymore, 8 GB is pretty low spec. I had to upgrade an old laptop (from 2016) from 6 GB to 16 because the CPU is just fine for what I do with the laptop (surf yt, check email) but the lack of RAM was making it hang up because it was constantly having to dump stuff into and out of swap.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I recently upgraded from 8. I wish I’d just gotten 16 years ago, but I got 32 for what I paid for the 8. Turns out my games weren’t bad, my pc was

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        1 year ago

        Yeah the shift from 8GB being the recommended to 16GB happened pretty suddenly around 2018ish. That being said, I recommend people get 32GB now since it’s a relatively minor increase in cost and there are lots of apps that just suck butt at optimization, so it provides a comfortable buffer.