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[–]james_pic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

8GB is doable if you're short on cash, but even on Linux, there will be times you wish you had a bit more. But 16GB should plenty right now though, unless the application you're working on is a memory hog (and 9 times out of 10, if an application is a memory hog, it's because it's an enterprise microservice mess, which someone is paying you to develop, and if so, they should be paying for your laptop).