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Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 3 days ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

It’s not even going to run chrome my guys

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

zswap and zram ~~becoming highly critical software again~~ trying to shove your fat 16Gb allocated application into 8Gb of RAM with room to spare:

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Apples going to come out with a 4gb phone and somehow still pitch it as a glorious innovation.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

All web browsers are nearly unusable with 4gb of RAM lately. Even with desktop Linux I usually have nearly my full 8gb used. With 8gb AND Windows it's only a matter of time before these computers become unusable...

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 32 points 1 day ago

lol lets fuck all other computational sciences so that people can generate cats drinking whiskey in robes de chambre.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 3 points 1 day ago

I bought a 64gb desktop in late 2024, in addition to many other expensive features. They can kiss my ass.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Dell and Lenovo price gouge consumers

FTFY

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

8 GIGABYTES!!? How am I supposed to load a mouse driver in THAT!?

[–] CucumberFetish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You don't need to load the mouse driver on your laptop. We have a subscription service for it!

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

GeForce now

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[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We'll trim it down so the mouse driver only has a little AI.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago

laughs in MS-DOS

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

8 GB of RAM would be enough if every fucking application didn't use Electron.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Or web applications, Firefox/Chrome uses like 32 GB RAM and constantly crashes my computer because of it

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Not for me on linux

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[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Was lucky enough to get one of the last 64GB 2-in-1 thinkpad x1 at 25% discount, a few days later an "upgrade" appeared with max 32GB and 700€ more expensive...

[–] tym@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I speak on behalf of all IT Support personnel everywhere when I say "fuck you"

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lol, forget a browser, is that even enough to run Windows 11 well?

(In before jokes about windows 11 ever running "well")

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shit, looks like the crazy stock bubble is starting to dwarf and eat into the consumer market instead of just bursting...

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Infect everything. Claim you need bailouts because everything has AI in it.

[–] TheWilliamist@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Waaaayyy back in the day Dell had a real bad habit of limiting their low and midrange laptops to pitiful amounts of memory to stratify their product line even though the chipset might support more.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Large computing will exist solely in the cloud where you will pay a subscription for it. Can't have these grubbing consumers buy anything we elites don't get a monthly cut of.

I wish this was sarcasm.

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[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 days ago (18 children)

better start removing AI from Windows then... holy fucj my 16gb is barely holding up with windows11 that in forced to use on my work PC. slow as BALLS, it's just raping the entire system performance constantly

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (4 children)

For the price of 16GB?

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

More like for the price of 64GB.

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[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 100 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Hah, guess they're gonna have to run Linux. Windows 11 would choke on 8 GB RAM.

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[–] Surp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Back to windows xp for me!

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Weird way to spell Linux Mint

[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 232 points 3 days ago (27 children)

Do it. I know which OS will run fine on 8G of RAM and which one won't.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Will they solder it?

[–] relativestranger@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

there's a number of laptops already that do have 8gb on the board and no sodimm slots.

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

They'll solder 4gb. So even if RAM prices go down, you're still effffed

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

Why not just tell me to go fuck myself and skip the unsatisfying foreplay?

[–] Cryxtalix@programming.dev 21 points 2 days ago

What. My six year old cheapo Acer laptop that got my broke ass through college had 16gb ram. My raspberry pi has 8gb of ram.

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