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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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[–] khanh@lemmy.zip 15 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

"fine" depends on what you're doing. web browsing? youtube? maybe, just dont open more than 5 tabs. doing literally anything else? no. get 12 gb or 16 gb ram.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 10 hours ago

I have 16gb and more than 15 tabs causes my computer to studder.

[–] sanitation@lemmy.today 5 points 17 hours ago

My rule was 32gb at least. And that was for. At least 10 years