I'd agree that a $999 laptop should come with 8GB or more of RAM, but 4GB isnt really so small. I'm not sure what common workload (I'm not talking about a typic

I'd agree that a $999 laptop should come with 8GB or more of RAM, but 4GB isnt really so small. I'm not sure what common workload (I'm not talking about a typical HN user, who often has VM's or memory hungry development needs) you think needs >4GB. I opened 10 tabs in Chrome (the most memory hungry browser), streamed a show in the Netflix Win10 store app (the most memory hungry version of Netflix streaming I'm aware of), and opened a document in Word and Excel. Well under 4GB usage. As an additional anecdote, I do IT on our office work computers and they rarely crack 2GB usage. Again, there is no reason a $999 laptop should only come with 4GB RAM, but a $500 one? I don't see why not.