themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory priceswww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1598arrow-down18cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
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minus-squarethejml@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoSwap is a thing. It’ll kinda suck, but not as much as it would have pre-nvme. Except that now there’s an nvme shortage… and an SSD shortage. Ugh, I guess I’ll just put Windows 2000/ME on there to complete the retro look.
minus-squarevacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago Windows 2000/ME One is good, but slower, the other is more buggy than 98SE, but a bit faster. Not much in common between them other than year.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI don’t think that the NVMe shortage is that big of a deal in terms of using it for swap. It’s much cheaper than DRAM per GB. You don’t need that much.
Swap is a thing. It’ll kinda suck, but not as much as it would have pre-nvme. Except that now there’s an nvme shortage… and an SSD shortage.
Ugh, I guess I’ll just put Windows 2000/ME on there to complete the retro look.
One is good, but slower, the other is more buggy than 98SE, but a bit faster. Not much in common between them other than year.
I don’t think that the NVMe shortage is that big of a deal in terms of using it for swap. It’s much cheaper than DRAM per GB. You don’t need that much.