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Microsoft Realizes It's Epically Screwed Up Windows 11 as Users Rage at Copilot AI Crammed Everywhere (futurism.com)
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[–] 3 points 5 months ago* (8 children)

There isn't any AI or other M$ crap in my Windows, always the first things I kicked out. Now it goes blazing fast and stable with less than 700MB RAM (Windows 11), unneeded telemetries blocked with Portmaster.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    You seem to be under the impression that "16.0 GB (15.3 GB usable)" means that Windows is what is taking up the missing 0.7 GB. This is not the case.

    Most of that is probably reserved as VRAM for your integrated graphics. None of it is in use by Windows itself.

    Windows memory footprint is larger than that, without question.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    VRam is only integrated with 500 MB in my laptop.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    Which aligns with what I said. 500MB is most of 700MB. The difference is made up of other various hardware reservations.

    My completely standard Windows 11 install says 64GB installed and 63.9 GB usable. I can assure you that doesn't mean Windows is only using 100MB.

    Go to task manager and look for "Hardware Reserved" at the bottom right of the memory tab. I bet you'll see a number very close to 700MB. Mine says 87MB.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    You misunderstood what that value means. It's rather difficult to remove all copilot components, but the easiest one I know (it won't remove all of it because it's integrated in many MS apps) is https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

    Install linux (sorry, mandatory lemmy comment)

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