[wingworks]

Sounds like you're running on 4GB of RAM, which in today's dev world is nothing, I've been on 16GB for over 3 years and have yet to worry about RAM being a limiting factor.

I'd say buy some more RAM, it IS cheap and you never have too much.

[jnordwick]

Laptops with 16 gb are still very rare.

[wingworks]

I've had 16GB in my laptop for about 3 years now. Laptop CPUs have supported 16GB for quite a while. Granted I'm an Apple guy, so maybe 16GB isn't as accessible in Windows world? :(