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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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[โ€“] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Nothing. It's not unnecessary. It's very necessary, especially Windows. They're just shifting their perspective because RAM has gotten so wildly expensive.