"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/

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.