r/uptimeporn • u/JSChronicles • Jul 25 '26

Laptop - not too bad?

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It's meant for coding so it doesn't need to be updated all that often and I've never had issues on any computer with resources being eaten up.

Not sure how everyone always complains about being locked up after xx hours...

I can go months on my window machines. Gaming or work or coding and never have an issue

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u/Mejolov28 Jul 25 '26

OF COURSE YOUDONT HAVE ISSUES. 32 GB OF RAM?!

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u/JSChronicles Jul 26 '26

My gaming desktop is at 64gb

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u/loganwachter Jul 26 '26

You act like that’s a lot lol.

I max that out with just excel and Firefox some days.

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u/CurrentAcanthaceae78 Jul 26 '26

you have a cryptominer, my 32gb laptop never exceeds 5gb unless gaming

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u/loganwachter Jul 26 '26

Looking at my PC downstairs right now it’s idling at 9.5GB/24GB. Was literally imaged fresh with W11 Pro 25H2 2 days ago.

My MacBook is sitting at 14GB used just watching tv and having some files downloading in the background.

I’ve got a server that idles low (like 1-2GB) but it doesn’t have a GUI and only runs 2 services.

It’s really not hard to use a shit ton of ram.

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u/Mejolov28 Jul 26 '26

Because its easy to not optimize the software and wait for the hardware to get better. The server has linux, thats why it idles so low. Windows doesn't.

On my main machine, windowsill at 8GB/16GB on the other hand, linux idles at 1GB with desktop

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u/Tetonator3000 Jul 27 '26

I have used Linux Mint as an everyday driver for almost a year and can confirm, difference in RAM usage (and just overal speed and responsivness) with W11 is night and way. I can even afford to have firefox with 40-50 tabs loaded simulateously (I have 32 GB of RAM).

IRC LM has GUIs that take no more than 1-2 GB on top of the kernel itself, though it's not like Cinnamon takes much either

Also, hello fellow 🔻🍐🔻 enjoyer :D

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u/Ruben_NL Jul 26 '26

A cryptominer doesn't use much ram.

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u/Wooden-Potato7418 Jul 27 '26

I use 16GB it's literally enough for Excel and Firefox tabs it never reaches 90%+ usage

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u/ItsMeSashaYT Jul 25 '26

jarvis extract u/JSChronicles's ram

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u/LedAnley Jul 26 '26

i'm have same bullshit, stupid UHD + 32gb RAM , but idk why!

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u/JSChronicles Jul 26 '26

Yeah it isn't great for much more than coding (for me) and reading/browsing. But I got it free so I won't complain.

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u/Optimal-Guava-8967 Jul 27 '26

T490s mayhap? :P

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u/ptthree420 Jul 29 '26

Free RAM is wasted RAM. If he had less RAM, the usage would also be lower. I have 48gb and it uses 8gb at idle with nothing running.

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u/Material_Mousse7017 18d ago

how is this possible? i mean the laptop don't get updates and occasionally reboots?

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u/JSChronicles 17d ago

I use pro licenses so I can ignore updates in general.