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64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I wish I had a 32gb ram laptop.

I can have 3 development IDEs open at once, and with all the browser tabs open and a few other programs here and there its stretching the limits on my Mac.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

    I have 32GB on my Windows PC laptop it can't do three at once.

    Running the backend (java) and the frontend (react native) in intellij uses 29GB RAM, so I must run Android on real hardware over ADB+USB. Running an android simulator pushes it over the edge.

    Also: Laptops are shit. On Windows, the tau is so bad that the cores are throttled straight after boot because the cooling is rubbish. It almost never hits full speed. It can't survive more than 40 minutes on a full battery. It might as well be a NUC.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago*

    Ya, macs are definitely more efficient with their ram.

    I'll have Android Studio open for my main work, Intellij Idea for all the backend work, and Xcode when I need to tweak some iPhone things. (edit: usually it's just 2 of the 3, but sometimes its all 3)

    I also mainly use real devices for testing,and opening emulators if all 3 are open can be a problem, and it's so annoying opening and closing things.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Also: Laptops are shit. On Windows, the tau is so bad that the cores are throttled straight after boot because the cooling is rubbish. It almost never hits full speed. It can’t survive more than 40 minutes on a full battery.

    That's the reason I have not bought a new laptop in years. Everything must be as thin as possible because apple did it. Fuck that. I want my laptop as thick as a brick to have enough cooling for CPU, GPU and a 6l V8 engine, and a battery that will outlast the sun!

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Does Clevo still make the fat laptops? My last was one of theirs and it was almost as thick as my fore arm. It also weighed a ton but on the plus side insanely easy disassembly. I probably should've got another one, my MSI is shit to open

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Are you using a cooling pad?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yep. With active fans.

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