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Surface Laptop 4 13.5 inch Platinum Intel Core i5 8GB RAM 512GB SSD - Microsoft Store $790

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MS Store has the 13.5" Surface laptop 4 with 512GB hard drive and i5 for less than the base 128GB version. Seems like a good price for a mid level machine with the large SSD.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/s...6627fb12t1
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AmusedPlastic6071
07-06-2022 at 07:05 PM.
07-06-2022 at 07:05 PM.
Need the deal on the 16GB. It's about $450 difference between this and the 16GB RAM version. Yikes!
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LavenderPickle7682
07-07-2022 at 01:07 PM.
07-07-2022 at 01:07 PM.
Quote from carloselcoco :
Almost no one needs 8 GB of RAM. Unless you are doing simulation work or you are doing photo/video work, that additional 8 GB will be wasted. Even today you will be fine gaming in 8GB of RAM. Then again, if you are getting this to game, you would not be playing the most intense and newest games out there since this does not have a dedicated GPU...
Strong disagreement with that one.

8gb of ram is the minimum I'd suggest for any new machine, and you won't be future-proofing yourself. Applications are getting bigger and more powerful, and the expectation is to have multiple things running at once. Sadly, application developers aren't keen on optimizing, as it's more cost effective to defer to the market increasing the RAM & storage & CPU every release cycle.

I frequently hit the max on my 16gb machine without firing up a single photo/video editor. Next machine I get will absolutely have 32-64gb.

I suppose if all you did was have a single application open or had very low expectations, you'd be fine with 8gb. Then again, you'd probably be served perfectly well by an older refurbished machine 1/3rd the price of a Surface.
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MediocreMan
07-07-2022 at 03:52 PM.
07-07-2022 at 03:52 PM.
As much as I'd want to say 8GB is fine, I do think that 16GB should be the more common option on a mid level trim.

I do love me some Surface though.
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AmusedPlastic6071
07-08-2022 at 04:54 PM.
07-08-2022 at 04:54 PM.
You will want to have more than 8GB if you have Outlook, Word or Excel and a few Chrome tabs open. Windows OS, services and programs running in the background will consume quite a bit of RAM. 8GB is entry level nowadays. 16GB is more of a standard.
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dougpaw57
07-08-2022 at 06:03 PM.
07-08-2022 at 06:03 PM.
Quote from AmusedPlastic6071 :
You will want to have more than 8GB if you have Outlook, Word or Excel and a few Chrome tabs open. Windows OS, services and programs running in the background will consume quite a bit of RAM. 8GB is entry level nowadays. 16GB is more of a standard.
16GB of RAM is NOT a "standard." 8GB is more than enough for most people.
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