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If you haven't checked the market for RAM lately, you're in for a shock.

• ryandrake 5mo ago
  The current cost spike is very recent. The average computer's RAM size has roughly quadrupled every four years since around 1988: 1988: 1MB 1992: 4MB 1996: 16MB 2000: 64MB 2004: 256MB 2008: 1GB 2012: 4GB And then, from around 2014 or so, for the last 12 years, we've been kind of stuck on 8GB for some reason. There wasn't a ram shortage in 2016, so why didn't the average computer come with 16GB? The trend continuing would mean we'd have 64GB average machines by 2020. So what happened?
  • ibejoeb 5mo ago
    I'm sure you're right. I don't know why the trend didn't continue. But, still, given the current conditions I don't think it's realistic to expect a budget laptop with 128 GB of RAM rolling off the line right now.
  • lifestyleguru 5mo ago
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