Elon Musk mocks OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's claim that PCs having RAM is terrible
- ID
- 41957
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 02 Nov 2026, 8:11 PM
- Fetched
- 02 Nov 2026, 9:15 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-mocks-openai-ceo-sam-altmans-claim-that-pcs-having-ram-is-terrible-the-people-deserve-to-have-their-ram-too
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 02 Nov 2026, 9:16 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_codersai_ml_learners
What happened
Tom's Hardware published a short item headlined around Elon Musk mocking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over an apparent claim that PCs having RAM is "terrible," with Musk quoted in the headline saying "The people deserve to have their RAM too!" The page body available here is almost entirely site navigation, membership prompts, and newsletter boilerplate — no quoted exchange, no date for the original remarks, no technical specifics, and no numbers on RAM prices or allocations.
Why it matters
There is not enough substance here to change a build or buying decision: the text contains no RAM pricing, no capacity figures, no product or policy detail, and no verification of what was actually said beyond the headline. Skip it unless you can find the primary posts and any accompanying memory-price data elsewhere.
Discussion angle
Worth a 60-second mention at most: is there anything actionable behind the headline, or is this purely a public exchange between two executives — and where would you go to find the actual RAM supply and pricing numbers if you were sizing a local-inference box this quarter?