RAM pricing is outta hand. Downgrading my Homelab so I can afford to max out the RAM on my servers again.
@geerlingguy Tell me about it. My M.2 upgrade sales have dropped to next to nothing.
MacOS really is a downgrade
Ah, treating yourself with the full 1.5 GB of SDRAM? Seems doable even at today's ram prices!
@andi we'll see, it's a tough market for PC100 and PC133! Haha

@geerlingguy Have you seen the proxy servers that let old PCs and Macs at least connect to the Internet in rudimentary ways?

I was doing pretty much exactly what you were a few days ago. Unfortunately, Apple seems to have taken down their Software Updates for Tiger and Leopard, so they need to be manually applied even if you have a proxy set up.

Still, it's important to check these old Macs to see if CityCopter One is Reporting Heavy Traffic.

@geerlingguy am i too optimistic in hoping this is going to lead to more optimized use of RAM and "old" systems?

Necesity is the mother of invention

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@geerlingguy My Home Assistant NUC PC had 16 GB of RAM in it because that was what was in the PC before I decided to use it for Home Assistant. I recently raided it for the 2 8GB sticks and put in one 4GB stick because 6 months later, RAM prices are nuts and I acquired a laptop that needed the RAM. No way was I going to pay current market prices!

@geerlingguy @BoloMKXXVIII

And for some reason, even basic HA setups will eat through 4GB of RAM in no time.
I like HA, but whoever is doing resource optimization over there, needs serious help.

@AdmSnackbar @geerlingguy I barely use 1 GB of RAM. I don't have the most elaborate setup.

@geerlingguy @BoloMKXXVIII

Mine uses 4GB straight for like 10 sensors and a dashboard.

Do you use the full HAOS setup or docker/something else? I'm seriously concerned I'm doing something very wrong here.

@AdmSnackbar @geerlingguy Full HA on bare metal. I am using Zigbee devices pretty much exclusively (16 of them).
@geerlingguy a quicksilver! I always dreamed of getting one.
@geerlingguy My favorite deskop Mac! I currently own 4 of themโ€ฆ
@geerlingguy We stop using hardware too quickly. Especially now that most of it is so so much more powerful than most of our needs.
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Let me know when you get a mac pro 1,1. I still have ram for one and the equivalent dell workstation. Having it go to a good home would mean a lot.