My dad has a laptop I used to use, which has been working well so far. Recently, he got frequent out-of-memory (RAM) issues - the computer freezes, forcing to restart. It is hard to diagnose, but it might be that 8GB RAM might be too small even for light workload these days.

So, I just checked when it is produced - 2015-10. So it is now 10 years old. While I am wary of producing e-wastes, maybe that was long enough life we got out of it. Perhaps it costs more in electricity than buying a replacement laptop? So, I want to ask - is it time to retire this laptop?

  • vividspecter@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I prefer to use a system with more RAM, but even many of today’s systems are still using that amount (especially since the AI supply chain crisis).

    I’d try chucking Linux on it first, which is generally more RAM efficient if configured correctly.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I’d try chucking Linux on it first, which is generally more RAM efficient if configured correctly.

      If you can’t get Linux to run on 8GB of RAM, you’re doing something very, very wrong.