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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026

www.windowslatest.com

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Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026

www.windowslatest.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Microsoft once tried to reduce Windows RAM usage by 20 percent but failed. Now Windows 11 may finally fix memory issues in 2026 updates.
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    They have no choice but to do so in order to increase the user number of Windows 11. Since RAM prices are high, users will only be able to afford low-spec RAM once support for Windows 10 ends. Otherwise, they would not upgrade to Windows 11, but would instead switch to Linux or Mac, or stick with Windows 10.

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      they would not upgrade to Windows 11, but would instead switch to Linux or Mac

      Absolute win.

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      It worked well with just 64MB of RAM

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Fundamentals_for_Legacy_PCs

      So they easily can get the memory footprint down to the floor

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        A thin client? Sure, you can get it down that far if you don’t want to run anything but the remote desktop software.

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