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> It has 16G of ram and a very recent 3.10GHz Intel CPU.

I had 16 GB of ram in 2010 and it was not even a top computer at the time

I don't know what you mean by "top computer", but 16gb is still not very usual amount of RAM in laptops even today.

Finding a laptop with 32 GB of RAM for sale is pretty rare even. Dell only seems to offer it on their Alienware laptops (over $3000 each).

They are rare (and it's hard to google for them..) but I got one in the summer of 2016 for just under 5000 PLN (about 1400-1500 USD and that already includes 23% Polish VAT)[0].

[0] - https://www.x-kom.pl/p/293547-notebook-laptop-156-msi-pe60-6...

They are pretty rare. Been looking for one myself for a while now.

There are others, inclusing Lenovo and Systems76. They’re all top of the line though, same price levels as the Dell you mention.

And I personally won’t buy Lenovo.

I bought my new work laptop from System76 in January this year with 32 GB RAM for around $1800 (including VAT paid upon importing the device into the EU). They are one of the few vendors that make it simple to configure a laptop with 32 GB RAM.

Their XPS line also has 32gb

I guess that XPS model is region limited? It's not showing up for me in the Netherlands. (Or their filter function is broken.)

You don't have a real computer unless it has at least 128gb of RAM.\s

I make do with 4GB RAM and 1.8GHz CPU. If I need anything that exceeds the capacity of that, be it games or graphics or compilations, I invest in a proper device or service for that. And if you need GBs of RAM for each compilation, you have to fix your build system, switching from detrimental builds to incremental builds. We're talking about a thir-teen-inch laptop here, i.e. sth one can shove in the pocket of some older overcoats.

Did you replace all the tools you used to use in 2010 with Electron versions of themselves or what changed since then?

The web happened.

The web works fine on my 2009 computer with 8GB RAM.

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