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Scientist says RAM pricing has risen to normalized 2007 levels, AI shortage undid 20 years of progress in a matter of months — memory prices had been falling exponentially for decades (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] Exec@pawb.social -2 points 2 days ago

Windows had started only “certifying” machines with 32gb as “windows ready” because they wanted the headroom to cram on AI features and use what we pay for instead of a data center.

Meanwhile as of 4 days ago: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-quietly-purges-32gb-of-ram-recommendations-from-its-website-company-reels-from-the-effects-of-the-memory-shortage-as-it-released-8gb-base-models-for-surface-laptops-this-year

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Buddy, really?

But because no one was buying 32gb machines and a machine without that sticker will end up with Linux…

They just dropped it,

Did you not understand it or just assume none of the later text kept explaining it so you immediately stopped ready?

It's not just you, I see this shit all over these days, what the fuck are you people doing?

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2026
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