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Yes. I usually change laptops once every say 6-7 years. This is why four years ago I decided to buy a maxed-out 16" MacBook Pro with 64GB so that it should keep
by gls2ro 3y ago
Yes. I usually change laptops once every say 6-7 years. This is why four years ago I decided to buy a maxed-out 16" MacBook Pro with 64GB so that it should keep me for at least 8 years or more.
But it seems not to be the case.
- Alifatisk 3y agoI don't see how more ram would extend the lifetime? Isn't there other factors that matter more?
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>I don't see how more ram would extend the lifetime? Isn't there other factors that matter more? Because RAM is the hard cap (if you ignore SWAP) while here's infinite number of CPU cycles. With a slow CPU things will just take a bit longer, but with not enough RAM then that's it, it's game over for your workloads (again if you ignore SWAP which I don't want to rely on, especially on a system where SSD is soldered).
- Alifatisk 3y agoWhat do you do that eats up 20+ GB ram?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoDoes it matter why someone else does with their ram? Maybe I run 20VMs at once or 200 Chrome tabs or 3 electron instances. You buy as little as you need let others buy how much they need.
- Alifatisk 3y agoI am asking out of curiosity, not to be judgemental.