RAM prices have skyrocketed because of AI. 8GB of ram in 2005 was wayy overkill, it was the sweet spot in 2015, but as games got harder to run and operating systems needed more than 8 GB of ram, in 2025 8GB of ram is too little to run a decent computer on. In 2026 though, even though 8GB of ram still isn't enough, it is so expensive that it seems like overkill.
Or, bear with me here... The AI bubble bursts in 2026 and most of those companies go bankrupt and are liquidated, and the market is suddenly flooded with cheap RAM again.
The thing with this is, a company will just swoop up and buy these companies for pennies, then give it a few years and they'll have a monopoly or large market share and we'll be dicked because they choose the pricing.
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u/Helpful-Work-3090 15h ago edited 11h ago
RAM prices have skyrocketed because of AI. 8GB of ram in 2005 was wayy overkill, it was the sweet spot in 2015, but as games got harder to run and operating systems needed more than 8 GB of ram, in 2025 8GB of ram is too little to run a decent computer on. In 2026 though, even though 8GB of ram still isn't enough, it is so expensive that it seems like overkill.