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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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Why would they knowingly push for better but unnecessary hardware? What do they gain from people buying more RAM than necessary to run Windows?
Edit: wait, they also sell laptops. Duh.
Kids, learn from my mistakes, read article first, comment second.
they also provide the os on most systems sold by everyone else, too.
Nothing. It's not unnecessary. It's very necessary, especially Windows. They're just shifting their perspective because RAM has gotten so wildly expensive.