[pjmlp]

Hate to tell you, but 8GB is quite common across IT departments in 2020.

[Iwan-Zotow]

Then people with 8Gb laptops are limited to what they could do.

Hardware matters more than people

Do you really wants to limit your folks in such way for something like $150?

[pjmlp]

$150 is one month salary in quite a few countries actually.

My personal laptop has 8 GB, is 10 years old by now, I am not limited in anything I care about.