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Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline

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Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline

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Microsoft now tells that 8GB RAM is great for everyday use on Surface devices, after years of insisting 16GB was the minimum for Windows 11.

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I have 64GB of RAM on my Windows machine and it’s barely enough.
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  Run linux on it with windows VM, if your memory hungry software supported. Unironically pretty good duo.

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