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		marianov on Oct 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these d... X220 is my primary computer. It never uses more than 4 of the 16GB RAM. I ran the fan almost all the time at full speed tough. The killer app (in a bad sense) is Zoom. It kills the CPU and can't handle virtual backgrounds.

da39a3ee on Oct 17, 2021 [–]

How much RAM is used is determined by you pattern of application usage (and OS), not by your choice of computer.

marianov on Oct 17, 2021 | [–]

I know. I just wanted to emphasize on Zoom being the only thing that makes an otherwise perfect computer not powerful enough (for me of course).

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