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		quicklime on March 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: One tab on Chrome takes about 100MB memory... Chrome devs are given both a laptop (most choose a MacBook Pro) and a fairly beefy desktop. My one had 64G of RAM, and that was given to me six years ago.

srtjstjsj on March 11, 2018 [–]

Are those 64GB for browsing the web as parent poster claims, or for compiling software, leaving much less for web browsing?

wruza on March 11, 2018 | [–]

Did you know that it remains free when you’re not compiling in a moment?

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