Same here, back to when algorithms and data structures mattered.
replyIf China makes half decent RAM I would bet more on things like 128GM of RAM being the default on low spec laptops 10 years from now.
replyWhile I do love optimized software, the hardware side, especially for PCs, has been stagnating for way too long. At least now we have a valid use case for doubling available RAM every 2-3 years again.
I had a reasonably beefy Lenovo consumer line laptop that I bought in 2011, 8GBs of RAM. Its screen hinge broke and I couldn't repair it but I'm fairly sure it was otherwise still usable in 2023-24, once the HDD was replaced with an SSD. I think even now entry level laptops are sold with 8GB of RAM.
By comparison a PC from 2000 was utterly unusable in 2012-13.
I count on a 128GB baseline in 10 years. Beyond the current atmosphere of despair, I really want to see what Apple especially is cooking. Local AI is right up their alley and the current scarcity is unacceptable for them in so many ways.
replyI got the feeling laptops gonna feel very different in 2036.
Given local AI requirements, I expect minimum configurations for higher end machines to accelerate quickly. Yes, an entry level MacBook Air might be at 32 GB, but the entry MacBook Pro should quickly have 128 GB as a baseline. All this assumes we can actually make all the RAM we need. Until then, we’re going to be artificially capped.
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