[dr_zoidberg]

Today the upper range of RAM in devices is in the hundred-GB. 10 years ago it was about 16GB or so, and making a (probably bad) interpolation I think it wouldn't be crazy to have the upper range in the TB mark in 10 years time. We could get there faster too, for specific use cases (compiling, rendering, etc).

On the other hand, yes, everyday use (web, mail, video/media consumption) don't require today much more than 8 or 16GB of RAM. If we go a bit creative, a PC with Linux can run very smoothly on 4GB alone, and surely someone here can point to their one anecdote of a machine with 2 GB or even 1 GB sporting a nice desktop environment, or 128mb CLI-only machine.

Edit: also memory has to improve its bandwidth and data transfer rates to keep up with faster processors, so it could also improve over 10 years time without much focus on storage capacity. Or maybe they focus on latency instead, or a mix of all three. Point is that it's not a single metric to improve.