Yes, I have no idea. It seems more like discussion just for the sake of it, then because of actual, real-life problems. My laptop isn't even amazingly powerfu

Yes, I have no idea. It seems more like discussion just for the sake of it, then because of actual, real-life problems. My laptop isn't even amazingly powerful, and I constantly have 3GB to spare despite the fact that I run many random apps and almost never restart it. As a developer, I don't see what the problem would be if my main tool occupied even 2GB of memory (and we're talking about 500MB-1GB in most cases). I never heard any graphic designer complaining about Photoshop occupying 10GB of memory for a logo (which happened to me a few hours ago).