The $500 Xbox Series X has 16GB GDDR6 RAM and games are optimized for consoles. So pretty much all games need atleast 16GB RAM to run as intended.
Which is fine and dandy if you are producing a console that is supposed to run games at 4K for about a decade.
For corporate computers with a base configuration they just need to be able to run an OS and cloud apps. When corporates and schools make bulk purchases on limited budgets they need to be able to save money per unit.
That’s why almost every major laptop maker has 8GB memory and 256GB storage options.
The issue in threads like this is that a bunch of nerds and gamers appear and they think they should force their credit card based purchases on everyone else. The world outside their bedroom doesn’t run on credit cards as much as they like to believe.
If you go around saying ‘all machines should have minimum 16GB’ and ‘iPhone should have stylus support’ what you are actually doing is upping the base price for everyone who doesn’t need those features.
You are causing inflation in a world that already suffers from high inflation, war, corporate greedflation.
Think about the effects of your decisions rather than impose a selfish view on everyone.