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tested with 512mb and thats considered "low end" wtf??

tested with 512mb and thats considered "low end" wtf??

Posted Mar 8, 2009 20:39 UTC (Sun) by amikins (guest, #451)
In reply to: tested with 512mb and thats considered "low end" wtf?? by gps
Parent article: CrunchBang Linux 8.10

In a modern environment, expectations of memory measured in whole gigs is commonplace. In fact, even baseline prebuilt machines are starting to come with 1 gigabyte of ram standard. "power user" rigs of 4 gigs are not unheard of, and some software/video/3d modelling developers are running around with 8 to 16.

Point of order, nowadays you can buy a two gigabyte stick of ram for $20 to $30.

So yes, by these standards, half a gigabyte is in fact "low end".


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