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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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[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I guess maybe 8GB is fine if all you do is have a browser open with some tabs.. W11 is not RAM friendly.

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[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I'd say 8G is fine until you open a browser.

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago

and every application today is a browser.

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