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You can love or hate AI, but it’s killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 week ago by GreenEngineering3475 to c/hardware
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Op-ed: AI has been a cure for $1,600 computers that start with 8GB of memory.

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[–] billwashere 2 points 1 week ago

I wish more people understood this. Not being able to upgrade is going to generate so much e-waste.

I’ve got 8 year old desktops that I can throw a shitload of memory in (like 512gb or more in some cases) that make neat homelab virtualization servers. One of them is even a Mac Pro. And they are still very useful. A brand new M2 Mac Pro that is 8 years old that I can’t upgrade will not be as useful.