▲ 334 ▼ RAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse. (mashable.com) submitted 4 months ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) Even those contain RAM. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mihies@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yes, but they can get away with a tiny amount of it. Perhaps we are back at the start of personal computing and arcade machines era, where every byte counted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago Yes, but they can get away with a tiny amount of it Not really. Developers have forgotten how to write small, efficient code. Everything is a web page these days, and so the bare minimum app is a web browser, and a web browser is huge. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mihies@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yes, but they can get away with a tiny amount of it. Perhaps we are back at the start of personal computing and arcade machines era, where every byte counted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago Yes, but they can get away with a tiny amount of it Not really. Developers have forgotten how to write small, efficient code. Everything is a web page these days, and so the bare minimum app is a web browser, and a web browser is huge. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago Yes, but they can get away with a tiny amount of it Not really. Developers have forgotten how to write small, efficient code. Everything is a web page these days, and so the bare minimum app is a web browser, and a web browser is huge. permalink fedilink source parent