▲ 110 ▼ Your next Windows PC may need at least 16GB of RAM (www.ghacks.net) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org 122 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Valmond@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yep, browsing, developing, listening to music all alright on 8GB, could probably run on even 4. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] admiralteal@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* My memory idles on around 3341MiB with a browser and just a few basic daemons like Syncthing used in mint cinnamaon. 4GB is pretty tight unless you are willing to make some behavioural changes or use a less friendly distro. But 8GB is more than enough. Different story trying to run VMs on my server, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* My memory idles on around 3341MiB with a browser and just a few basic daemons like Syncthing used in mint cinnamaon. 4GB is pretty tight unless you are willing to make some behavioural changes or use a less friendly distro. But 8GB is more than enough. Different story trying to run VMs on my server, though. permalink fedilink source parent