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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

To be honest, I can still do most of my work on my old Core2Quad 4GB DDR2 PC, when using Linux.
And as long as I setup my swap properly, I can also keep as many Firefox tabs open as I want , as I tend to forget tabs (running out of brain memory) before I run out of RAM.

But I just like my 64GB RAM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Core2Quad?

That thing is a space heater that can do some math.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

My point being, "I can work on it", can be used even on a space heater.
Same for the IBM R52, which I no longer turn on, because a Pi would be better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Increasing swap on Linux is a great way to save money on cloud servers btw. One nice thing on Mac is that there is no swap file that you need to manage. System handles it transparently. Firefox (and really all modern browsers) require a ridiculous of RAM if you use them like you and I do.