For years, 16GB of RAM was what most testers, including ourselves, would recommend consumers spring for when reading laptop reviews. 8GB was the bare minimum, but 16GB was generally the sweet spot. It was the case for well over a decade, but in the last year or so, I’ve started to notice a change.
I’m not a particularly heavy "power user", but I am someone who runs multiple apps at a time like Telegram, Slack, Word, and Outlook, paired with a dozen or so browser tabs, while blasting Spotify with some occasional lightweight photo or video editing. I'd consider this to be a relatively normal, non-intensive workflow.
