Well this is what's tricky for me. I'm into software development, etc. but I also have a desktop which is suitable for such work. That's fine. But I'd like it

Well this is what's tricky for me. I'm into software development, etc. but I also have a desktop which is suitable for such work. That's fine. But I'd like it to at least be suitable for light development work as a more portable device for the foreseeable, so 8GB feels like it's already being pushed on my existing Ubuntu laptop (which is ~4 years old). But it's hard to justify such a price increase when it would still ultimately be a secondary machine.