Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six monthswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down16
arrow-up11.05Karrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square184fedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months agoEmpty ram is inherently wasteful.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoLinux doesn’t waste RAM. All unused RAM becomes a disk read cache, but remains available on demand.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 months 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.