Microsoft’s own video show how badly Windows 11 struggled on 8GB RAM PCs, and how much faster it is now
www.windowslatest.com
Microsoft has declared that you can “do more with 8GB [of RAM],” and this time, these are not just words, as the changes are already available. If you use Windows 11 26H2 or newer, Microsoft says your system can be up to 40% more responsive, and the improvements are mostly visible on PCs with 8GB […]

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  • rm_rf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Remember that 4gb is the official minimum specs for Windows 11. Also yeah, it’s been out for how long?

    • Jean-Noël Hurpeau@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Huh, 4bg for Windows 11 sounds like a joke. Without severe debloating, this will feel like 2021 Chromebook.

      Out with Windows 11 26H2 (1st october 2026). Deployment for every users come later this year, hard to say when.

      • rm_rf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        All of that is true haha. My friend bought one and it wasn’t really usable out of the box. I had to do a major debloat for him to be able to use the browser properly.

      • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        My mom bought one of these cheapo laptops from Walmart that had 4GB of RAM and 64GB eMMC.

        She was so excited thinking she got a deal at $200. Meanwhile someone else in our family got a Chromebook with the same specs at the same time for about $40 cheaper. After debloating Windows of all its trash and setting it up, it only had ~20GB of usable storage space and it was noticeably sluggish just sitting at the desktop trying to move the mouse and open folders.

        Meanwhile the Chromebook ran everything with zero issue.

        Oh and forgot the damned thing had S mode enabled and required me logging in to remove 🙃