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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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Any software can be fixed, it just that amount of effort needed for that would be insane in case of windows, so at this point it's easier to use ostrich algorithm
True. MS’s approach was not do anything for a long long time. Serves them right.
Yeah we can't expect them to be able to hire the expertise required for this, it's not like they made over $1,000,000,000 net income last year or anything. Oh wait...