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Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices (www.notebookcheck.net)

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With DDR5 RAM prices skyrocketing, some mid-range laptops could soon ship with budget-level specs. TrendForce expects companies like Dell and Lenovo to stock more notebooks with 8GB of memory. These reasonably priced options may no longer handle intense office and gaming tasks.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Meanwhile, manufacturers have less flexibility with budget notebooks. Lowering their specs would make the affordable options struggle with even basic tasks in Windows 11.

Linux would help. And keeping that old PC for as long as it still works. Microsoft didn't see this coming with their attempt to force everyone onto new hardware. So much for their bloated, resource-guzzling "AI OS". No one wants it and no one will have the money to run it.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Maybe they'll (re)start selling laptops with Linux pre-installed!

Or switch to ddr4, lol. Laptop CPUs are crippled garbage anyway, might as well use old ram.

[–] T4V0@lemmy.pt 8 points 4 days ago

At least in my country DDR4 prices already increased by a factor of 2~3, so don't count on that.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

It's not really any cheaper. The only way you can save money is by not buying anything but sticking with what you have already.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago

Linux still runs very well for general use with 8GB of RAM. You can also reduce RAM usage by using zswap to compress less frequently accessed data.