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Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline (www.windowslatest.com)
submitted 4 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 7 points 4 days ago

and every application today is a browser.