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So, then, why is it that we’re expected to deal with just 8GB of RAM as a base point in far too many laptops? 8GB just isn’t enough anymore and should be the bare minimum you would want to find in even a cheaper, mid-range laptop. Time for laptop makers to stop conning us and cheaping out.

As I sit here writing this I have two apps actually open in the foreground on my PC; Firefox and Telegram Desktop. And according to Task Manager, I’m using 55% of my available memory. That’s more than 8GB of the 16GB I have available.

What’s actually using all that? Background processes from first and third-party software and from Windows 10 itself. When you click the cross to close Discord, for example, it doesn’t actually close. It operates in the background and doing so requires using system resources.

Open up Task Manager next time you’re on your PC and just have a look at how much is running. I have 62 background processes and a whopping 112 Windows processes. With no foreground apps open at all I’m using 6-7GB of RAM just having the PC turned on.

8GB RAM isn't going to cut it anymore folks and I would at least get a RAM of 32GB or 64GB as the happy zone now, forget about 16GB.