System76 Preparing Coreboot Laptop With Core i9 10900K, Up To 128GB RAM

[Vistaus]

Of course, anything computationally intensive is best done on a desktop. Those tiny little laptop fans whirring at 7000 rpm get real annoying after a while. There are certain jobs however that require you to travel or otherwise require more mobility than a desktop allows. This laptop fills that niche.

But even then, there are other portable systems more capable than this laptop, such as the MediaWorkstations a-XP.

[torsionbar28]

But even then, there are other portable systems more capable than this laptop, such as the MediaWorkstations a-XP.

That's not a laptop. Different product, different market segment, different use case.

[pracedru]

Eh... My Windows 98 machine had 128Mb RAM, and that was mid-range. I remember adverts hitting the 1Gb RAM mark while I was at Uni so even if wasn't standard, it was a very much what you'd expect at the top end.

recommended requirements for Windows 98 was 24MB RAM, so your machine was definitely high-end. two years later in year 2000 1GB definitely wasn't standard.
please also notice that Windows XP was released in 2001 and had 128MB ram as recommended and 64MB as minimum.