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That's impressive actually. I'm currently using a 10 year old laptop with 32GB RAM... For reasons I do not know. Nothing I use this for requires anywhere close to 32GB. The other components are much to old (or not powerful enough) to keep up with any program/game that would need RAM like this xD

That's Insane. 32 GB for a 10-year-old laptop Is almost nonexistent.

In terms of my usability, I run simultaneous VMs, which chew a lot of memory. As you can see In the Image above, I have the option to hit 64 GB.

True, i was gonna explain the same reason too , for me 32Gb is considered medium because of the need to use more than one VM simultaneously  and also you don't want to affect the performance of the main OP. i tested i7 with 8Gb ram and opened one VM (win 7 ) it works pretty fine at the beginning but when you get little bit tasky on the main OP it will freeze. so 8Gb is not considered a good option at all even with the majority of top played games, for me if you gonna do programming, creating games or playing games i recommend at least 16 Gb for 2666 MHz Ram.

You've made some very valid points, and I certainly agree with having at least 16 GB of Ram.

Due to advancements In computing, there's more demand on system resources and memory Is the first to feel the Impact.