When and for what does one need more than 8GB RAM of the notebook?

Basically 8GB of RAM should be enough for everything, since there are hardly any offers with more than 8GB RAM laptops, right?

If you have to ask that, you'll probably get 8GB.

And there are enough offers with more than 8GB RAM…

How did you become a community expert so quickly?

If you want to play or use any VMs or more sophisticated programs, then you need more than 8GB.

Over 90% of all offers have 4GB of RAM and 8GB of RAM but not more.

I've been that for a while…

What are VMs?

Then look not only at the offers until 400 euro

Yes, because it is expensive. Look in the upper price segment. Since you also get 16 or 32 GB.

Video editing, making music, graphic design, pretty much anything that's reasonably productive and has to do with media, mostly benefits from 16GB.

Even with a high-end gaming laptop 16GB are useful.

Virtual machines. For example, if you want to use several systems at the same time.

Yes, but only from 1.000 euro. Those are the few who buy such an expensive notebook.

No, that starts even under 1000 euro

And no, there are enough who buy such an expensive notebook - because that usually lasts much longer than a cheap one.

You can't just go out with you as a student (let's say) students without money

Those who need a more powerful notebook will pay for it. You just can't expect extremely good hardware if you are not ready to pay for it.

For normal use is enough 8 GB of RAM, "for everything" but not.

For more demanding use (video editing, image editing, CAD, music production, etc.) are 16 GB useful - whether this should be done on a laptop, is another question, the corresponding CPU and Grafikkleistung then also plays a role.

E-sports, render and Chrome with felt 100 tabs and 5 plugins.

The normal consumer, yes, but does not need a strong laptop, surfing the web for a bit. But when it comes to professional / business or gaming laptops, four-digit amounts are commonplace. Just because you're not in this audience does not mean they do not exist. She exists, and she is not exactly small. Otherwise, Apple and Microsoft would have a problem, because the operate practically only the professional class.