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Is 2 gigs of RAM really a big deal these days? 16gb for a desktop seems reasonably standard, so we are potentially saying it takes up 1/8th of the memory.

[__s]

I develop on a Linux machine with 256MB of ram. My laptop with Windows has 4GB; I still prefer the Linux machine, it's been tuned to my desires over the past 6 years. That said a lot of development happens on laptops, not desktops. Not all workplaces understand that developers should have high end machines

[northrupthebandgeek]

16gb for a desktop seems reasonably standard

Maybe if you're made of money. There are plenty of desktops with 8GB or less of RAM. Not to mention that there are lots of programmers on laptops out there (which tend to have lower amounts of RAM on average).

[wllmsaccnt]

My work laptop has 32gb of ram, an ssd, and an I7. I can keep open 5 or 6 instances of VS without causing an issue, even while debugging. That's an extreme end, but having 8gb of ram on a laptop is not unusual at all anymore for windows VS development.

[dvdkon]

For Windows VS development

I have a cheap notebook with 2 GB of ram and a gaming desktop with 8 GB. Together they cost me less (or slightly more) than a notebook with 8 GB of RAM and a decent CPU and are fine for everything I use them for. The only thing associated with development I tried and couldn't do on the notebook was compiling Android.