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I would venture to say that most of the world isn't using computers with 32GB RAM...

• foepys 9y ago
  Especially since 32GB DDR4 RAM currently cost ~$350.
• meuk 9y ago
  I consider 2GB acceptable, 4GB normal, and 8GB high-end (maybe even overkill).
  • golergka 9y ago
    Strange, that's the metric I personally used around 2008. Haven't ran into a computer with less than 16GB for the last few years.
    • Macha 9y ago
      8GB is still a pretty common setup * Literally every current MacBook except the 15" MBP * iMacs unless you choose to upgrade the RAM * My local PC retailers website has 34 models with 4GB of RAM, 84 with 8GB and 28 with 16GB. The cheapest 16gb laptop there is €1100. They also sell 3 Chromebooks and 1 windows 10 device with 2GB of RAM..
    • oblio 9y ago
      A rather popular hardware site in a developing country, but one on the upper range of "developing". So probably better off than 60% of the world's population: 399 laptops with 4GB of RAM: https://www.pcgarage.ro/notebook-laptop/filtre/memorie-capacitate-4/ https://www.pcgarage.ro/notebook-laptop/filtre/memorie-capac... 548 laptops with 8GB of RAM: https://www.pcgarage.ro/notebook-laptop/filtre/memorie-capacitate-8/ https://www.pcgarage.ro/notebook-laptop/filtre/memorie-capac... Less than 200 laptops, in total, with 16GB RAM or more. So probably less than 20% of the laptops on sale have that much memory, in 2018. The "real" world is quite different to what us folks in IT see in our corner of the world.