You'd think that the progression in computer technology brings you faster apps that need less ressources.
But instead we tend to waste them in ever growing tech stacks. Browsers are nearly OSes now, apps are running in a container, emulating a browser.
All in the name of platform independence.
I wonder what a system with native bare metal apps would look like today and how far you can push down the hardware requirements while still having a snappy experience in - let's say - a basic office job (mails, sheets, documents, browsing)
But "You bought too little RAM to read mails" is simply hilarious.
Yes, the user can install mail clients, but not everybody is tech savvy enough for that.
I wonder what a system with native bare metal apps would look like today and how far you can push down the hardware requirements while still having a snappy experience in - let's say - a basic office job (mails, sheets, documents, browsing)
But "You bought too little RAM to read mails" is simply hilarious. Yes, the user can install mail clients, but not everybody is tech savvy enough for that.