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>RAM is quite often the limiting factor for current computer longevity

I think this is an interesting point, because my own experience completely disagrees. I feel like consumer laptop RAM has been stagnated at 8gb or 16gb for about decade now, which is insane as someone who grew up during the turn of the millennium when it was doubling yearly.

Among myself and people I know, the biggest factors for getting a new machine are usually (in order) battery life/consumption, physical condition, storage, and OS support for the hardware. I haven't heard someone say they need a computer with more RAM unless they started using it for new purposes they didn't before (someone getting into video editing, data analysis, etc).