Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six monthswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square184linkfedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1external-link64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six monthswww.techradar.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square184linkfedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoEmpty ram is inherently wasteful.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoLinux doesn’t waste RAM. All unused RAM becomes a disk read cache, but remains available on demand.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·1 month agoCool, so the thing you stated wasn’t what happened, and you’re correcting me for not fact checking your comment.
Empty ram is inherently wasteful.
Linux doesn’t waste RAM. All unused RAM becomes a disk read cache, but remains available on demand.
Cool, so the thing you stated wasn’t what happened, and you’re correcting me for not fact checking your comment.