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DDR5 RAM Prices Explode To Nearly 5X July 2025 Levels In Germany As AI Boom Chokes Budget PC Builds (wccftech.com)
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[–] 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (17 children)

Stop whining, in 1985 I paid $400 for 256 kilobyte RAM for my Amiga 1000, AND I WAS HAPPY!
You kids nowadays are spoiled, with 100,000 times more RAM if you have an average build with 16 GB RAM and 8 GB VRAM.
But the Amiga was still more fun than modern computers.

Is it me? Or is it the kids that are wrong?
Hmmm... 🤔 ...
It must be the kids. 😋

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Maybe not. It's like car enthusiasts refusing any modern car, especially EV that are on paper much more powerful but less fun to tinker and go down country roads.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (7 children)

    But but but but my timing gun! And the points, plugs, and condenser! And the distributor cap! I NEED those to make my car worth driving and life worth living. /s

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (6 children)

    I do not require a combustion chamber in my sports car. I do however, prefer a curb weight under 1500 kg, which happens to exclude the vast majority of cars for sale in North America, even sporty ones, and EV sports cars under 1500 kg are very difficult to find indeed.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    … I do however, prefer a curb weight under 1500 kg…

    Why?

    And don’t you mean pounds?

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Handling, acceleration, energy efficiency, pedestrian safety, and repair costs are all positively affected by lower curb weight. There's also a strong correlation between better visibility and lower size.

    And no, I definitely mean kg.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Good luck to you!

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago

    Thanks! I'm content with ICE cars for the near term. Mazda MX-5, Nissan Z, Porsche Boxster, Mini Cooper, Civic Type R, Toyota FRS/Subaru BRZ, etc. all fit the bill.

    On the electric side, the e Golf proved that it's possible, and the electric Mini Cooper also fits firmly under 1500 kg. So there is more hope for the future!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/01/18/apollo-a6000-review-the-ultimate-68k-amiga-rebuilt-for-the-modern-age/

    Apollo A6000 review: the ultimate 68K Amiga, rebuilt for the modern age

    The Apollo A6000 ships with 2 GB of Fast RAM

    It succeeds where emulation cannot, delivering the tactile, hardware‑level experience of owning a new Amiga‑class machine in 2025/2026.

    https://www.apollo-computer.com/a6000.php

    :-)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Wow that's pretty cool, I thought M68k series ended with 68060!
    I still have an old Amiga 500 that my wife bought for me many years ago, because I never shut up about how superior Amiga was back in the day, and how amazing it was to program M68k assembly direct to hardware on it.

    The highest power Amiga I ever had was a 68030 expansion card to an Amiga 2000. Then I stupidly switched to PC, because that was the future. But the PC killed my interest in programming, because it's only semi open, not open like the Amiga was.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Is it me? Or is it the kids that are wrong?

    Nah, you're both right. When that Amiga was out, if you wanted entertainment, you have to leave the house, go to a movie, god ~85, you might not even have had a VCR.

    That Amiga was the greatest, most useful and entertaining thing on the market.

    Now a days, a shitty c-rate cellphone can bring you every movie, tv show, song, idiot with a camera that you'd ever want to experience.

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