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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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if that's what led your father to move to linux, I'd say that 8 gb in windows 11 is PERFECTLY fine.