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Is 8GB a lot? Depends on the context. (lemmy.ml)

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Software is a gas, it expands to use all available resources.

I have 32GB of RAM, and run out occasionally. At the moment I have two CAD programs, thousands of pages of datasheets and reference manuals, an IDE, and ~50 browser tabs open. I don't HAVE to have them all open at once, but it does save me a lot of time.

My next machine will have 128GB, and I expect that will run out of memory too.

Also, sometimes you need to use software that has a memory leak, so a bit of extra RAM gives you some more time before it crashes.

Photogrammetry can also get resource hungry.

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