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They are building OSes like RAM is free.

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[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

Do they even make netbooks anymore that aren’t just chrome books that children use?

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

Honestly kind of incredibly what kind of stuff would run on those things. I played Sims 3 on a netbook with a GB of RAM.

[-] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

I can't imagine it ran well, though. Mostly because it still runs like shit on decent modern hardware. God, I love and hate that game so much.


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[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

It was only slightly bellow the minimum requirements of the game.

[-] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

I'm not sure, but ultrabooks are still there, and old ones can be worth it.

[-] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

Maybe with phones that market's diminished, but I assume there's a market still or selling laptops that barely run the operating system with whatever Intel Atom-equivalent CPU that exists currently.

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