RAM

What sorts of things are affected by an increase in RAM capacity and speed?

the amount of 1's you can store
how fact you can get read them back

That's not very informative.

i'm pretty sure you can store 0's too

It vary from application.

Not how it works

I am interest explain

Programs get lazier and use more RAM if you have a lot.

Just go for the fastest RAM that isn't too expensive (3200Mhz DDR4 right now), gives a small, but nice boost to general CPU performance for only a few shekels more
16GB is fine for almost anything, only get more if you really need it
Unless your RAM usage is sitting at 90% or more, more RAM won't benefit you

Is there a way to measure this?

null is the default state, it doesn't need to store zeros, simply address them.

are you serious?

To measure what exactly? Performance increases from RAM or necessary capacity?

The capacity that I need

0 just means not 1. Like how darkness is a lack of light, and how cold is a lack of heat.

>cold is a lack of heat

Make a list of everything you'd be running on a typical maximum workload.

Run each one and determine how much ram it uses at its peak

Add totals together and add a gig for the system

Pick up some common sense while you're out buying ram

You become one with the GNU/Universe after installing GNU/Linux on your laptop with 128TB of RAM. Stupid RAMlet babies not welcome.

....that is exactly what it is.

sometimes we yearn for complicated explanations for simple matters.

That is a spot on description.

the number of tabs you can have open in your browser

>when you realize that insects don't have necks meaning that the photographer literally twisted the bug's head then glued it to a leaf in a silly pose so he could take a picture

Or photoshop.