Can We Put the 16GB "Pro" Myth to Rest?

[BeefCake 15]

How much RAM does an infinite loop in code take?

 

[dudeslife]

To be fair you have a lot of programs open and you don't need all those open at the same time

Wow, in the year 2016 users are still being told which and how many programs they should have open at the same time..

 

[mrex]

Is it necessary to be crunching data on a machine which has portability as its main selling point?

you can also ask why you should use two computers if one could do it.

hardware is quite cheap nowadays and many things could be done with external devices. For example, if you need a better graphics than your laptop has, just attach it to the egpu. No problem, but then again - why even it is so difficult still today? it should be possible if the manufacturer cant add i/dgpu powerful enough.

you dont need to loose the portability, the main unit (laptop) can be less powerful and do basic stuff but then if manufacturers make it almost impossible to attach e.g. egpu or doesnt allow you to upgrade the device, then you doesnt have any other chooce than have two computers instead of an "upgradable" device.

many have ditched their desktop computers and replaced them by laptops and that is thing to where world is going. for example with egpu you probably dont need to build a powerful desktop machine to be able to attach a good gpu to it.

 

[jerwin]

How much RAM does an infinite loop in code take?

316 KB.

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
        while(1)
        {
                printf("Press ^C to exit\n");
        }
}

which, for a program that simply loops an infinite number of times while printing an inane message, is still pretty insane.

Perhaps you're thinking of a forkbomb?

 

[BeefCake 15]

316 KB.

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
        while(1)
        {
                printf("Press ^C to exit\n");
        }
}

which, for a program that simply loops an infinite number of times while printing an inane message, is still pretty insane.

Perhaps you're thinking of a forkbomb?

Yes, that's the term I was looking for.

 

[MacOSExustio]

Is the blog post ("Can We Put the 16GB "Pro" Myth to Rest?" [https://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=6355]) archived somewhere? Wayback Machine (Archive.org) and archive.is come up empty as does Google cache..

 

[kp98077]

when is it coming out? LO@