[sliken]

As a developer sometimes I end up running an IDE, sometimes not even of my choosing. IDEs like eclipse are famously resource intensive.

Sometimes for testing a VM or container (or three) are needed for testing.

Sometimes something heavy needs to run local for testing, maybe even one that specifically requires an OS you aren't currently running.

Given how dirt cheap ram is, I think it's really silly for all laptops/desktops to not support at least 32GB ram.

Seems like a selfish short term perspective to limit ram to 16GB, although I do expect that it significantly shortens the useful life of a laptop.