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>hardware wise very powerful - i5-4300M, 8GB of RAM Maybe 8GB of RAM can be dealt with, if you're always careful to close apps and tabs but managing RAM or hit
by ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>hardware wise very powerful - i5-4300M, 8GB of RAM
Maybe 8GB of RAM can be dealt with, if you're always careful to close apps and tabs but managing RAM or hitting the SWAP or OOMkiller is something I don't want to worry about if I'm doing work. Especially if you get in to spinning up VMs. 16GB minimum would be recommended from my end.
And the i5 4300M is a pretty slow chip. I had a i5 6600M and it's noticeable slower at web browsing than options from the last couple of years. I'd say 8th gen would be the lowest bar.