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If it worked out, the idle Windows 11 RAM usage would’ve been around 4.8GB
Me on beefy Linux distro with a metric ton of garbage installed: 3.2GB
Good luck vibe coding memory efficiency...
16GB RAM. ~3500 packages building up a nightmarish franken-debian of like ~250ish apps. 1.5GB RAM usage on boot. optimisation really does wonders
edit: yes, true story btw
Copilot. Make no mistakes and be efficient with memory usage.
Hahahahahah
You no want 6GB LLM running as a system service???
Our Microslop overlords have said that I do, so I guess I do? I don't know. Hand on. I'm asking Copi--- I mean... I'm thinking...
You could download more RAM by buying Copilot cloud subscription!
Microslop?
Maybe they should make a really new windows version and not a mix from 7,8,10 patched together.. with all the problems carried + AI coding making things worse.
They still haven't been able to replicate functionality in settings compared to control panel. Going from scratch is just gonna get us the rumored win 12 that's only ai
Since NT 4.0 it's just bloat. They never rewrote the whole codebase. It makes sense for backwards compatibility but falls apart when you're installing a driver via 30 years old GUI.
Maybe they should try not writing OS code in react. Perhaps they should consider dedicating as many resources to cleaning up code as they do to adding “features.”
I wish windows went down a different path. Instead they decided to double down on ads and ai, because shareholders are more important than the actual customers
Suckers keep using it, so what incentive is there for them to deslopify?
I'd personally rather use a Chromebook than Windows.
The thing is that there are real measurements of the market share of windows dropping. The only reason why adoption of w11 overtook w10 user size is because they made w10 end of life (although there are still ways around)
Unfortunately, some business idiot mathed up that losing users is fine as long as the others get forced onto w11
Windows could have done so much differently. More seamless integration with xbox and cross platform for gaming. Different, easily swappable profiles (windows) for different tasks (basically overhauling desktops, like for art, dev work, etc). Optimizing microsofts enterprise software suite without all the bloat. Not deprecating the idea of android support.
But like all big tech companies, they only see money now
Windows could have done so much differently. More seamless integration with xbox and cross platform for gaming. Different, easily swappable profiles (windows) for different tasks (basically overhauling desktops, like for art, dev work, etc). Optimizing microsofts enterprise software suite without all the bloat. Not deprecating the idea of android support.
But like all big tech companies, they only see money now
People like to hate on Ballmer but all of these ideas came out during his time. Since Satya replaced him, Windows has just been getting worse and worse and the focus on their products have been lost to the cloud and AI. Sure the stock price rose but there's nothing exciting about Microslop anymore.
All at a time where I think I’m actually going to switch to Linux.
I just tried out an install on my laptop and boy does it work well even for gaming.
Windows has, nothing I actually need any more?
It feels really big to really leave Windows for good, but, I think it’s going to happen after a bit more testing of my Linux setup.
Linux has some retarded behaviors, but it got so much better in the last 5 years, that decent distros like Fedora KDE are getting good enough as replacement
I told myself I'd give Win11 (using tools to uninstall all the bullshit/tracking) for 3-4 months before seriously considering linux. I made it 3 months, got tired of having to re-uninstall shit I don't want every update and just flat out wiped the install and installed CachyOS. It's been perfect, even new game releases like Death Stranding 2 worked out of the box, fuck windows.
If it worked out, the idle Windows 11 RAM usage would’ve been around 4.8GB
That's still a lot
Considering 8GB systems are back in vogue, that's a fuckload. More than half your ram just going to the computer existing.
Well no, its doing more than just existing, its sending screen shots of your screen to Microsoft, displaying ads, updating advertising ID to allow them to track you across the web, uploading your typing history It all helps shareholders of microslop.
Last time I booted up Windows 10 it was using around 2.4GB at idle
So Windows 12's RAM requirement is on track to being almost 10GB unless they cut it back by 20%?
Ironically the install ISO actually went up in size from roughly 5.5GB to 7.5GB in the recent months.
I was about to bring this up. If they just removed all of the slop they implemented in the past 6 months, they could hit that 20% real easy.
All that tracking software is bloated.
Agreed but also have you tried to write a feature with LLMs? It will occasionally just add extra files that do the same thing as one library you already have.
You can even catch it and it will be like oh your right then continue without deleting, so next prompt it decides to use its own library again.
Amateurs. On my personal pc, windows RAM usage is exactly 0.
Just tell your AI agents to reduce the RAM usage and install size by 20% and let them rip. How hard can it be?
Windows 11 is not based on a single unified UI framework. Instead, it uses a mix of legacy Win32 components, UWP elements, modern WinUI layers, and web-based technologies like WebView2 and React.
I am reading this as MMC snap-ins and control panel. There is no other alternative to manage these settings outside of PowerShell.
Also, what idiot decided that only one settings window is allowed open at one time? Sometimes I would like to be in Windows update, power settings, Ethernet settings, and printer settings all at once.
