[lanaius]

To be fair, being a Professional at a computer covers a lot more than just C#/C++ code. Back when I was doing neuroscience research, I could eat up 32 GB of RAM in a MATLAB simulation easy. Using microscopy data people could eat up 32 GB with images (or videos) in no time flat. There's tons of algorithmic work that needs large enough in-memory data to be useful.

[rufius]

That's fair and that's why I'm asking the question. I'm curious what others are doing that they feel they need more than 16gb.

I'm not contesting people's needs, I'm curious what they are.