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Why are you crying, Windows user? (programming.dev)
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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Once you start opening programs your OS is basically negligible.

Sure windows might use 5 gigs of ram on startup. But when you’ve got 100 tabs open using 20 gigs of ram the 3 vs 5 gigs is a drop in the bucket.

[–] zaubentrucker@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you do virtualization it stacks

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

Came here to say this. I almost never run just 1 computer on my computer.

Base Linux OS + Test/burner VM + Work VM --> want 64 GB

or

Base Linux OS + Whonix Gateway + Whonix Workstation --> want 64 GB

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, when you're coming from 8gb, that 5 gigs is a big deal. I went overkill with 64, but I'm not going to complain about it.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This is why I have learned to immediately max out the RAM on the motherboard for my wife when I replace her machine.

Some of these webpages are absolutely stupid in how much they load. She likes to have 40 or 50 tabs open all the time.

Her current desktop has 64gb