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minus-squareHugeNerdlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down11·2 days ago…and? Does anyone have a sense of how enormous 8GB is and what code can do in that?
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoStill waiting for apps and games to run better on new hardware instead of worse than ever.
minus-squarecomfy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoAfter looking around the demoscene, I know how enormous a few megabytes can be. Like @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone said, that doesn’t mean much when most mainstream software is being made so inefficient and wasteful. If this were about making more affordable options, I’d rather we focus on refurbishing older laptops than making new lower-end ones.
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoMegs!? Try Kilobytes. Some of the best demos were less than 100kb.
minus-squarezeca@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoMaybe software devs will have to go back to paying attention to memory usage
…and? Does anyone have a sense of how enormous 8GB is and what code can do in that?
Still waiting for apps and games to run better on new hardware instead of worse than ever.
After looking around the demoscene, I know how enormous a few megabytes can be.
Like @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone said, that doesn’t mean much when most mainstream software is being made so inefficient and wasteful.
If this were about making more affordable options, I’d rather we focus on refurbishing older laptops than making new lower-end ones.
Megs!? Try Kilobytes. Some of the best demos were less than 100kb.
Maybe software devs will have to go back to paying attention to memory usage