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"Rising cost of memory," Microsoft explains why Windows 11 will use less RAM
Pavan Davuluri says the rising cost of memory is why Windows 11 will use less RAM, with work on the memory manager, WinUI 3 and WebView2.
www.windowslatest.com/2026/10/04/rising-cost-of-memory-microsoft-explains-why-windows-11-will-use-less-ram/
Replying to @mereo@piefed.ca
All it took was a RAM apocalypse for Microsoft ro consider improving performance in Windows. I’m seeing brand new laptops on display being sold as Windows 11 PCs with 4GB of RAM.
Replying to @crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
4GB should be plenty for any general computing. I used to run Minecraft servers on under 1GB of system memory for an entire school classroom. It worked pretty well back then too.