Simple Laptop Memory Question

[KublaiKhan]

I need something for school, something that will also help me put together YouTube videos no higher than HD. I'm thinking HP Pavilion . . . .

My desktop is quite old, with 12 GB RAM. I'm seeing laptops with 64 GB. Clearly there is a market for this. What is that much RAM being used for?

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

I need something for school, something that will also help me put together YouTube videos no higher than HD. I'm thinking HP Pavilion . . . .

My desktop is quite old, with 12 GB RAM. I'm seeing laptops with 64 GB. Clearly there is a market for this. What is that much RAM being used for?

Thanks!

CAD, video production.

The 32GB in my current desktop has fallen short a couple of times in large CAD projects.
Not often, but its happened.

 

[geofelt]

What is the make/model of your laptop?
I would think 12gb to be adequate for your uses.
If you do not now have a ssd on your laptop, that is the first thing I would upgrade.

 

[KublaiKhan]

Oh, I don't ave a laptop of my own. I'm using an old ACER gaming laptop I bought for my kid probably twelve years ago, but it's real garbage today—the back cover has to be removed or the hard drive will overheat and burn up! I use an iPad for Zoom meetings, and I hate iPads. I want something of my own to get through school and maybe put together a few YouTube videos while I am at it.

I know that HD is plenty high enough for a laptop, and that I will never play any serious games on it. I don't want a touch screen or a 2-in-1. It would have to be able to stream and play video at HD without issue. And then there are those Zoom meetings . . .

I would think that anyone doing CAD work would want a much, much larger monitor. Maybe those 32 and 64 GB RAM laptops are a school thing?

I have to say that it blows my mind to see four and five -thousand dollar laptops. Those prices are so hyper-inflated, like pickup trucks. I remember them costing that much back when they were a new thing, and weighed over ten pounds. Prices dropped over time, but once vendors ripped out optical and hard drives, those prices went through the roof.

 

[USAFRet]

Oh, I don't ave a laptop of my own. I'm using an old ACER gaming laptop I bought for my kid probably twelve years ago, but it's real garbage today—the back cover has to be removed or the hard drive will overheat and burn up! I use an iPad for Zoom meetings, and I hate iPads. I want something of my own to get through school and maybe put together a few YouTube videos while I am at it.

I know that HD is plenty high enough for a laptop, and that I will never play any serious games on it. I don't want a touch screen or a 2-in-1. It would have to be able to stream and play video at HD without issue. And then there are those Zoom meetings . . .

I would think that anyone doing CAD work would want a much, much larger monitor. Maybe those 32 and 64 GB RAM laptops are a school thing?

You asked for a use case for lots of RAM. CAD is one.

And a 'much, much larger monitor' is not necessarily a good thing.
Consider an architect at a customers location. The laptop needs to be both portable and powerful.

Any new laptop you buy, 16GB minimum.

 

[KublaiKhan]

You asked for a use case for lots of RAM. CAD is one.

And a 'much, much larger monitor' is not necessarily a good thing.
Consider an architect at a customers location. The laptop needs to be both portable and powerful.

Any new laptop you buy, 16GB minimum.

Thanks!

I ended up buying a laptop for my wife, instead of myself. I got a Lenovo Legion 5, whichc has 16GB. I'll keep using my kid's iPad for now.

My TI-99/4A had 16KB of RAM. My Apple IIe had 64 KB. Today, 16GB is common. Amazing!