Re: @Lee D
@Lee D
But everything you are stating is still for power users.
Normal users don't have Office installed, as they won't own a copy, so don't use Word or Outlook, most won't even install a free office tool like Libreoffice, as most people don't write letters, or do spreadsheets. Other than things like Solitaire they don't play games, or use VMs (most won't know what one is), or use editing suites, or do video encoding etc. All these these tasks are uncommon for non work or non power users.
They will almost all use online email services like GMail, so don't use a local email client, as most of their email reading is now done on their mobile anyway, not on a PC. Even if they have a new PC, assuming Windows 10, it has built in email and contact 'apps', so normal users won't see the point in getting Outlook.
Most normal PC users these days, could probably be given a Chromebook, and wouldn't even notice the change, as very few normal people are even using desktop apps these days.
So for most normal users, 4GB is more than enough memory, granted it might stall for a second or two after a long session, when switching apps, or between browser tabs, but normal users will just assume that's standard behaviour, and won't actually care. Plus if using an SSD, which thankfully is now becoming more the norm, that stall is going to be fairly minimal.
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