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Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline
(www.windowslatest.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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Why the fuck does the OS need so much memory?
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Mine doesn't, maybe you are using the wrong one?
This was supposed to be a shamless Linux plug, but in order to be useful for some people I'd recommend debloating your Windows installation. I've had good experience with Raphire's debloater.
I use Linux at home too, but windows at work
Everything always gets bolted on with no consideration for memory footprint. It's basically 2 decades of software inside the memory because if they delete something it breaks.
M after ricing arch into some ungodly aberration that was never meant to exist in this world.