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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
I recently had to configure an older Thinkpad X1 Carbon G8 for my little brother. It’s only got 8GB of RAM unfortunately and he needs Windows.
So I installed Windows 11 IoT LTSC like I usually do, installed all necessary drivers and manually deactivated services that don’t need to run. It still uses 3GB of RAM while idling.
My 2-year-old daily driver Manjaro install uses half of that, and that’s on a system with 32GB RAM where Windows would almost certainly use more just because there’s more
Replying to @FireWire400@lemmy.world
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Replying to @SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone
10 is EOL, so I wouldn’t use it anymore tbh
Replying to @InFerNo@lemmy.ml
10 still receives free updates, LTSC will have support for some time after and IOT I think until 2030.
But Debian will work in a fucking toaster for the next forever, so there’s that.
Replying to @Railcar8095@lemmy.world
The thing is those are just security updates, most software will work for the time being, but it only been a year and some newer DX12 games already having issues with 10 unfortunately.
Replying to @Railcar8095@lemmy.world
IoT is supported until 2032
Replying to @Railcar8095@lemmy.world
unless your toaster is only 32 bit.
Replying to @adarza@lemmy.ca
Debian 12 has support for 32 bit and security updates until 2028.
So really not reaching 2030 for that toaster, but better than any multi trillion company
Replying to @SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone
I haven’t looked at Tiny10/11 in a long while actually. I remember it not really working that well, although maybe it still was in beta back then.
Replying to @FireWire400@lemmy.world
iot would be the far better choice over using one of the debloaters or minimized installers.
Replying to @FireWire400@lemmy.world
So in other words, it worked just fine.