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To be fair that might be a minimum for a decent experience. Even using Linux with less that 4GB of ram is sub-optimal. Open a few browser tabs, some documents a
by eric__cartman 5y ago
To be fair that might be a minimum for a decent experience. Even using Linux with less that 4GB of ram is sub-optimal. Open a few browser tabs, some documents and maybe some ram-hogging Spotify playing in the background and you'll be hitting the swap in no time.
- Ekaros 5y agoIt's simpler to ask for 4GB straight than have the bad publicity of people buying cheapest netbooks and then complaining how they are slow... And 4GB is not unrealistic minimum in todays world of bloated software.
- Grimm665 5y agoYes good point, this definitely happened with Vista and the "netbook" craze.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoMy thesis is they should make them not slow in the first place. They weren't slow for people running AIM and Microsoft Office in 2005, and they shouldn't be slow for people running Teams and Microsoft Office in 2021. It's true that Microsoft can't do much about third party apps, but there are plenty of people who rely mostly on Microsoft's own software suite. If the computer is fast up until users open Slack, they'll know who to blame, and Microsoft will even have a competing product to sell!