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This is OS-agnostic. I love the old fact that you should have twice the amount of swap as your RAM size. I could rant but, no. Just don't. Today, don't buy a c
by tjoff 2y ago
This is OS-agnostic. I love the old fact that you should have twice the amount of swap as your RAM size. I could rant but, no. Just don't.
Today, don't buy a computer (regardless of size) with less than 32 GB of ram. Yes, this applies to fruity products as well. Part from making it a more enjoyable experience it will also extend the usable life of the computer immensely.
(The weird crap about apple computers not needing as much RAM comes from iOS vs. android and is for different reasons, does not apply to real computers)
- hhh 2y agoI don’t understand the sentiment. People should analyze what they actually use and what the need is. Sure, I bought a 64gb ram macbook because I like toys and don’t want to think about it, but for 80% of my workload 8gb is fine, and for my partner it’s fine for 100%.
- tjoff 2y ago8 GB can, even in this electron world, barely work. But it won't tomorrow. Buying something with 8 GB today is wasting an otherwise perfectly good computer. And when your partner gets a new computer, for whatever reason, the old one can easily live on for many many years. But it's utility will be limited if it only has 8 GB of ram. The product in the article is only 8 years old but already stretching its usefulness for no good reason.
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- sampo 2y ago> I love the old fact that you should have twice the amount of swap as your RAM size. With a 32GB memory, 256GB ssd-disk laptop, it would be really weird to set up 64GB of the disk for swap.
- tjoff 2y agoMaybe I was unclear, I despise that rule. (also, a computer with 32 GB and 256 GB disk is a very weird combination not quite fitting a typical general purpose computer)