With DDR5 RAM prices skyrocketing, some mid-range laptops could soon ship with budget-level specs. TrendForce expects companies like Dell and Lenovo to stock more notebooks with 8GB of memory. These reasonably priced options may no longer handle intense office and gaming tasks.
Since 2015 I was selling clients 16GB minimum. Too many performance issues with 8 on a majority of them. Last year I changed to 32GB minimum. 16 is not much for people who do a lot with their computer.
I mean, if you’re running Linux it’s a different story.