But you don’t have to throw those things away. Just sell it, for a decent percent of what you bought it for - because they have good resale value - and buy one with more RAM.
Then I have to transfer all my data. That's time consuming even when it goes well, and not once has that process ever gone flawlessly for me. Something always gets lost. Passwords. License keys. Settings. It has been a colossal PITA every single time.