Microsoft will optimize Windows 11 for computers with 8 GB of RAM due to rising memory prices

Microsoft will optimize Windows 11 for computers with 8 GB of RAM due to rising memory prices





The memory shortage is leaving a bad year for buying hardware, as laptop and desktop makers adapt by adding configurations with 8GB RAM. Microsoft seems to be committed to this and will optimize its operating system Windows 11 to offer faster startups and adapt your system to computers that only have 8 GB of RAM. Some statements that come from the recent event IFA held in Berlin during these days.

Microsoft will optimize Windows 11 for computers with 8 GB of RAM

Users are reluctant to take computers with such a small amount of RAM, since Windows does not seem to be optimized for this minimum of 8 GB. But Microsoft has promised better loading times, boot times with Windows Hello and even optimize the system to improve performance with a RAM amount of only 8 GB. One of these optimizations we have already heard about, extending its low latency profile to more operating system-specific applications.

Windows 11 seeks to improve boot times and memory consumption

A bet that can stop the popularity of Macbook Neonow that its price is not as attractive as when it was launched. The Macbook Neo has only 8 GB of RAM, but macOS seems more optimized and aware of the use of RAM memory. We saw an example in the weather application, a simple function to report the temperature and if it is going to rain, which in Windows consumes more than 1 GB of RAM and in macOS it does not reach a fifth.

If Microsoft gets optimize the operation of Windows 11 for computers with less RAMcan be a relief in the current situation and for users who want to spend little on a laptop or desktop computer for basic tasks.

Juan Antonio Soto

I am a Computer Engineer and my specialty is automation and robotics. My passion for hardware began at the age of 14 when I broke down my first computer: a 386 DX 40 with 4MB of RAM and 210MB of hard drive. I continue to give free rein to my passion in the technical articles I write for Geeknetic. I dedicate most of my free time to video games, contemporary and retro, on the more than 20 consoles I have, in addition to the PC.