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Re: [LUG] Raspberry Pi v4

 

On 26/06/19 08:43, Tom via list wrote:
> On 25/06/2019 22:30, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019, maceion@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/06/2019 16:57, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>>>> they've been stocking piling for weeks now and most shops ran out.
>>>
>>> 2GB versions stockpiled. 4GB versions sold out!
>>
>> Yes - interesing that the 1 and 4GB ones were most popular.
>>
>> There is a small possibilty of 8GB in the future though - the SoC is
>> capable, but the memory makers aren't - yet. (and it really won't be
>> upgradable at home - even if it ever does come to fruition)
>>
>> Gordon
>>
> I've got 16G on my laptop. I run AI stuff and massive compiles - none get
> near that even using all 8 cores. TBH I don't often exceed 4G and that's
> normally when my own code goes wrong or I have to use LibreOffice Draw to
> correct some scans I've done of obscure books I've borrowed - and some
> swap would sort that out.
>
> Tom te tom te tom
>
>
You can't use a web browser very often then .. Firefox and Chromium both
'mop up' 4GB of RAM for breakfast ...

Although, I shall be interested to see how it performs under musl-libc ...

MJE

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