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Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 147 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Every Windows 11 system I’ve used with 8GB of RAM ran like total shit.

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  • [–] 73 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Windows 11 with 16 also runs like hot garbage, so I'm not sure if it's a ram issue. I'm sure more ram helps, but I don't think it's the main problem. I've not used 8 GB in a while though, so maybe some updates really changed things.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    My work computer is an i9 with 64GB of RAM and it also runs like shit. It's really noticeable how bad performance is since I switched to Linux full time on my personal systems and have a frequent comparison point.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Well, work machines have increasing counts of security agents. Mine has three and I’ve seen more. Plus Teams which uses enough RAM to run a proper OS all by itself.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I bet if I tried Windows 11 with 128 GB, I would still think it runs like garbage.

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