[Linux-aus] cheap laptops
Russell Stuart
russell-linuxaus at stuart.id.au
Mon Jun 26 15:34:07 AEST 2023
On 26/6/23 14:59, Steven Ellis via linux-aus wrote:
> I suppose it depends on your usage, but I wouldn't touch anything
> below 16GB for personal and 32GB for work these days. My web browser
> alone uses 16 GB on a regular basis.
On my laptop I run a browser, vscode, SQL DB's, web servers and the
other usual stuff that I forget.
$ free -h
total used free shared
buff/cache available
Mem: 15Gi 7.5Gi 1.3Gi 459Mi
6.6Gi 7.1Gi
Swap: 15Gi 0B 15Gi
As you say it depends on what you are doing. 8GB would be fine for me
on typical days. Occasionally I run a Windows VM and then 16GB isn't
enough without swap. With swap I get by.
If you aren't spilling over into swap very occasionally, I'd say you've
spent too much on memory and using too much battery.
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