Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six monthswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down16
arrow-up11.03Karrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 days agoEmpty ram is inherently wasteful.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days 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 days 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.