625
Microsoft pushed 16GB RAM as must-have for Windows 11 for years, now sells an 8GB Surface Laptop for $1,299
(www.windowslatest.com)
this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
625 points (99.8% liked)
PC Master Race
21214 readers
393 users here now
A community for PC Master Race.
Rules:
- No bigotry: Including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
- Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- No NSFW content.
- No Ads / Spamming.
- Be thoughtful and helpful: especially when new beginners have questions.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I think they changed the frequency adjusting algorithm under the hood with 11. It seems to be much more sluggish on bumping core clock frequency up when a big task happens. I had to go in and lock the minimum frequency to 100% on a bunch of user laptops because they would stutter so badly any time they went from low to high CPU usage.
Sometimes I miss being a sysadmin, then I remember dealing with windows 11's eccentricities.