[jcelerier]

> and apps taking even 1-2 GB of RAM isn't that big of a deal for the average user.

I live in France, a first world country, just checked Amazon, the N°1 best seller laptop currently has 4GB of RAM, a 64GB SSD, and a 1366x768 screen and a dual-core Intel Celeron CPU which does not even reach 3Ghz: https://www.amazon.fr/HP-14s-dq0000sf-Ultraportable-Microsof...

this is what the average user looks like (and will still look like in a few years, if people buy a laptop today it's generally to keep it 5 years). I have never ever ever seen anyone say "hey, my computer is fast" it's always "do you think you could look at it, it's super slow / it has viruses / ..."