I want my laptop to still have enough memory for workloads 3 years from now, too. My VMs keep getting bigger; browsers (and web apps) keep demanding ever more

I want my laptop to still have enough memory for workloads 3 years from now, too. My VMs keep getting bigger; browsers (and web apps) keep demanding ever more RAM; image and video resolutions keep increasing and demanding more memory to edit; the websites I develop are designed for ever beefier servers.