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All hardware has limits. Which ones are you hitting every day?


- RAM: 32GB is just not enough. I have firefox open with a mere 60-ish tabs and RSS is already at 21GB. I add my IDE and building a c++ app at -j10 and I start getting OOMs left and right, I have to close my browser whenever I build.

- Graphics: the GPU and compute capabilities are definitely not there when comparing to NVidia mid-range offering, it's more akin to a laptop 2060.

- Can only do 3 video outputs at most while there are enough hardware outputs for 5.

The CPU is definitely fast though !


> I have firefox open with a mere 60-ish tabs and RSS is already at 21GB.

Isn't that just Firefox deciding to let things stay in memory because the memory is there? Anyway, Safari seems to run fine with 8Gb and will unload inactive tabs.

> building a c++ app at -j10

Strange you're getting OOM errors instead of more swapping. But why insist on running 10 tasks at the same time then?




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