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A tired and oft repeated question on memory
I've starting reading up on current computer components anticipating my purchase of a Thinkpad replacement. It's always said, "you can never have enough RAM". Fine, I would agree based upon my prior experience so I was preparing to configure with 12-16 GB of RAM until I read several articles (don't remember the sites but the sources seemed solid) on the subject. The consensus was (absent 3D imaging, heavy graphics rendering...) installing more than 8 GB you could expect to see some serious diminishing returns (waste of money) and in some instances a loss of performance. This was largely based upon the current speed of RAM and 'current technology' (whatever that's supposed to imply).
To fill out the picture, the laptop would have an SSD main drive and a SATA 2nd drive in (what would normally be) the DVD bay. The OS would soon be 10.
Agree?