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> Yeah. That’s right. You can run your entire operating system… from RAM. And, even with only 48 MB… it still runs fast.

I feel old. We had GUI OSs booting from floppy drive and RAM Disks with the OS + a few apps in 16MB of RAM some 30-40 years ago.

The amiga could run in 256kb. 512k was more common, eventually 1MB, and more was a luxury.

Yeah, the original Mac had 128k of RAM total. But is was 1 bit black and white and only one app at a time.

He tells you about his Gran Torino and you are mentioning a Model T.