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Microsoft Vows to Make Windows 11 Fly on 8GB RAM Amid Memory Shortage

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Microsoft said that it’s planning to optimize Windows 11 for systems with 8GB of RAM and above as part of its promise to improve Windows 11 in March 2026. The company said in its latest update that the optimization is part of expanding its focus on operating system upgrades, which include a faster out-of-the-box experience, easier parental controls, and improved voice interactions.While the official minimum specifications for Windows 11 sit at j…

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News extracted from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. Microsoft put RAM consumption on Windows 11 among its priorities for what remains of 2026. The decision comes at an uncomfortable time for the PC market, where more and more new PCs appear with just 8 GB of RAM. The company wants to shrink the memory used by the operating system so that those settings respond better in daily use. The change does not come from not…

Microsoft has recognized that the memory consumption of Windows 11 RAM needs to improve, especially at a time when it has become too usual to see how in the final stretch of 2026 the sale of computers with only 8 GB of RAM is becoming popular. That is why now the company has turned memory optimization into one of its new priorities for what remains of 2026, promising to reduce the amount of RAM occupied by the operating system itself to offer a …

Windows 11 is expected to run faster on computers with 8GB of RAM. Microsoft has officially announced a reduction in the system's memory footprint. The first results of this work are expected to appear gradually, but before the end of 2026. Windows 11 is expected to use less RAM. The RAM market crisis is raging, and prices of all devices equipped with this type of memory are rising in stores. Perhaps this is one reason why Microsoft intends to l…

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Windows Central broke the news on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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