Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control

On 2025-03-26 12:36:33 +0000, CrudeSausage said:

On 2025-03-26 03:40, Chris wrote:

Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

 

the [Linux] OS us[ed] swap, when main RAM and cache
saturated the 32 GB.

 That doesn't actually mean you *need* 32GB.

 Oh sure, I'll just rely on swap!  Great, back to the 1990s, heh.

 The OS will always try to maximise RAM usage regardless of how much you
have. In and of itself is not evidence of the need for that amount of RAM.
 In modern systems there's no noticeable difference when dipping into swap.
Certainly not when flushing caches. PCI SSD and NVMe hardware are a world
away from slow spinners of the 90s.
 Despite building your own PC (big deal!) you seem quite ignorant on how it
works. Sounds like a Mac would actually be better for you. lol.

 I have to admit that I find it strange how Windows 11 uses 10GB of RAM to run the exact same software I use on Linux. In Linux, having Brave, Betterbird and Telegram open needs about 3GB. I understand that the operating system will use up as much RAM as it can but how the heck do those three applications need 10GB?

Because nobody at Microsoft has actual programming ability. Windows has been and always will be an ugly, useless, and highly inefficient operating systyem sold by a conman who simply steals or buys out every product they have ever made, from MS-DOS onwards.