My Recent RAM Upgrade Just Quadrupled in Price. Here's Why I'm Not Mad.

Last summer, the workstation I use for writing these articles felt sluggish. You know how it goes, right? I'm using the same web browsers and word processor as always, but every page comes with a dozen traffic trackers and a bunch of ads that weren't there five years ago, when I last upgraded my computer memory. It was time for a couple of new memory sticks in my Frankenbox with parts acquired and upgraded in waves between 2010 and 2022. Image source: Getty Images. Will AI create the world's first trillio ...