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The laptop I had supported 4 Gb (due to artificial limitations by Intel), but it started to switch off randomly and I found out that if you remove one (any) of

The laptop I had supported 4 Gb (due to artificial limitations by Intel), but it started to switch off randomly and I found out that if you remove one (any) of RAM cards, then it can work without any issues. So this is how you can have a 2Gb device in 2022. Having two laptops is twice better than having just one, so I decided to continue using it. Maybe I will connect it as a virtual monitor for a second laptop (then 2 Gb should be enough), but I am not sure if Wayland supports this. Also, even if new laptos have 4+ Gb of RAM, there are still 5-10 years old models in use.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>So this is how you can have a 2Gb device in 2022. Can you please point out which laptop in 2022 is being sold with 2GB of ram limitation? Really curious. The smallest I could find for sale in my country is 4GB and I had to look really hard as they're not cheaper than buying something with 8GB of ram or they're just ARM Chromebooks. Even most budget chinese Android phones rarely ship with less than 4GB of RAM anymore. So you made me very curious about 2GB laptops retailing in 2022. Edit: wow, why the downvotes guys? Is it against the rules to aske questions?
- codedokode 4y ago
  Found 2Gb laptop, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932592
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    In which country can you buy that product retail locally? (not via AliExpress as that moves the goalposts considering all the weird stuff you can find there)
    - codedokode 4y ago
      In Russia. The store website [1] says that they can deliver it within 2 hours, so it can be bought locally. Irbis seems to be a brand of cheap laptops targeted at Russia, so it might be not known in other countries or they are sold there under another brand. By the way, one of the buyers wrote that it is "great for studying" and another wrote that "it is confortable to use with Linux". [1] https://www.dns-shop.ru/product/829ba65324bded20/133-noutbuk-irbis-nb77-cernyj/ https://www.dns-shop.ru/product/829ba65324bded20/133-noutbuk...
    - justsomehnguy 4y ago
      Anything with Celeron instead of the processor and a year-two old. There are tons of refurbs, new-old stock and blatant lies on Amazon so you can really expect someone who doesn't know shit (eg only knows and bother about persistent memory, completely oblivious about RAM) can buy a device with 2Gb RAM in 2022.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

>So this is how you can have a 2Gb device in 2022. Can you please point out which laptop in 2022 is being sold with 2GB of ram limitation? Really curious. The smallest I could find for sale in my country is 4GB and I had to look really hard as they're not cheaper than buying something with 8GB of ram or they're just ARM Chromebooks. Even most budget chinese Android phones rarely ship with less than 4GB of RAM anymore. So you made me very curious about 2GB laptops retailing in 2022. Edit: wow, why the downvotes guys? Is it against the rules to aske questions?

codedokode 4y ago
Found 2Gb laptop, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932592
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  In which country can you buy that product retail locally? (not via AliExpress as that moves the goalposts considering all the weird stuff you can find there)
  - codedokode 4y ago
    In Russia. The store website [1] says that they can deliver it within 2 hours, so it can be bought locally. Irbis seems to be a brand of cheap laptops targeted at Russia, so it might be not known in other countries or they are sold there under another brand. By the way, one of the buyers wrote that it is "great for studying" and another wrote that "it is confortable to use with Linux". [1] https://www.dns-shop.ru/product/829ba65324bded20/133-noutbuk-irbis-nb77-cernyj/ https://www.dns-shop.ru/product/829ba65324bded20/133-noutbuk...
  - justsomehnguy 4y ago
    Anything with Celeron instead of the processor and a year-two old. There are tons of refurbs, new-old stock and blatant lies on Amazon so you can really expect someone who doesn't know shit (eg only knows and bother about persistent memory, completely oblivious about RAM) can buy a device with 2Gb RAM in 2022.