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"...when exactly does any computer bought at the same time (or since) have actual problems of running out of memory?" Ah yes, I remember the days being a dev t

"...when exactly does any computer bought at the same time (or since) have actual problems of running out of memory?" Ah yes, I remember the days being a dev that didn't use VMs. It kinda sucked as a development environment that said: no easy way to test software on different OSes locally, no easy way to try other software which you don't necessarily trust in a confined environment (to see if it may be worth using, in which case you'd look into the trust issue more closely), etc. If you're a dev and have "enough RAM" you're probably not trying hard enough ; ) VMs tend to use quite a lot of memory and tend to be very useful for knowledgable devs. You asked and seemed so cocksure so these were my 2 cents...

rmk2 14y ago
So, in that case, when you are developing, you are actively using multiple VMs and 30++ tabs? Maybe I am just bad at multitasking, but while I do see the point of the VMs, I don't see how they fundamentally change the overall picture. I don't doubt that you can manage to fill an arbitrary amount of RAM running multiple browsers, VMs and other programs, however, I do fail to see how that in turn enhances (or constricts) productivity. Multiple VMs? Sure. Multiple browsers? Sure. Multiple VMs and browsers? Sure. Multiple VMs, browsers and multiple dozen tabs? I don't see a use case here. If you have multiple multi-gigabyte VMs running, chances are its not your brower's RAM usage that is hamstringing you by using all available RAM. edit: I'm not saying I don't see a use case were theoretically there are tangible limits on RAM which become a problem, but to me, it remains exactly that: theoretical.