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Do people really use that much Ram with normal use? Like I rarely even fill my 16gb, even with gaming, etc. I mean I just don’t leave 16 tabs open in a browser because that feels really disorganized. And I turn my computer off every night and start fresh every day
Each web based program now uses 2-5GB ram typical
Yeah I don’t use any of that really
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Wouldn't that be nice! Yeah I think it'll totally work.
Hey, I think I see someone right now, they're switching from writing in Python to writing in assembly! "Hey buddy, don't forget to clear that register! And don't forget you'll need to write this all over from scratch to get it to work on any other platform!"
Maybe in gaming is where we will see it first, before other software and webapps.
If the DRAM shortage is long and protracted, perhaps more dumb appliances will make their return, but that's just a pipe dream of mine.
All it will do is make Microsoft even more desperate to push all their remaining customers into using cloud services and paying monthly subscription fees for everything, because even the customers they care about (not you, maybe the corporation you work for) won't be buying new PCs for a while.
Misaligned incentives. The people making bloated software are not the people buying the Ram. In theory the people buying the ram are the same people buying the software and so might put pressure on the people making the software to make it more efficient, but that is a very loose feedback loop and I wouldn't hold my breath.
Linux FTW
It still costs more to rewrite all your existing code sooo no.
Sometimes I also think there is no one competent left at Microsoft anymore but they still have their flight sim team so I guess that's something.
Isn't Microsoft just the publisher? Also, there's so many problems with MSFS.
Lol, lmao even. You must not work in software.
Aw, that’s adorable. You still think good things might happen.
Spoiler alert: spoiler
No they won't
You don't know much about windows 11 if that's what you think. Hardware from the last 10 years can run windows 11.
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