Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoUbuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down113
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minus-squareCannedYeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-222 hours agoI just checked Woot.com and you can get a refurbished Thinkpad with 16gb of RAM for $230. And there’s a scratch and dent Dell netbook with 8gb of RAM for $60.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoYou can probably buy that thinkpad and sell used RAM for more
minus-squareCannedYeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoMaybe but you do have to keep in mind it’s older. It’s an 8th gen intel i5.
I just checked Woot.com and you can get a refurbished Thinkpad with 16gb of RAM for $230. And there’s a scratch and dent Dell netbook with 8gb of RAM for $60.
You can probably buy that thinkpad and sell used RAM for more
Maybe but you do have to keep in mind it’s older. It’s an 8th gen intel i5.