We started a contract and they gave us Windows laptops with 2GB of RAM. For coding Java. I probably should have run at that point but I was new. I’m fairly sure 2GB is either an IDE or running the app. We could use our own hardware though, or the contracting company could cough up a few.

I had just upgraded my personal laptop and my old one was 16GB of RAM and 2nd Gen SSD so you’ll never guess what I did.