"Rising Cost of Memory," Microsoft Explains Why Windows 11 Will Use Less RAM

There are promising hints that Windows 11 26H2 could drop RAM usage — but is this really a free performance boost?

Windows 11 26H2 is reportedly improving RAM consumptionSome users say that they are seeing memory usage of between 1GB to 3GB less after applying the updateOthers see no change, mind, and we have to be cautious around these reports – although Microsoft is working to optimize RAM use in Windows 11There's some evidence emerging that Windows 11's 26H2 update improves performance for some people, although we need to treat that idea with some caution…

Microsoft claims it’s optimising Windows for 8GB of RAM – OSnews

Speaking of Windows and performance, how about that RAM crisis? Microsoft is feeling the squeeze too, and is apparently doing work up and down the Windows stack to improve its memory consumption. Microsoft’s Windows chief Pavan Davuluri has admitted that the rising cost of memory is pushing the company to make Windows 11 use less RAM. Microsoft is working on the Windows memory manager, memory compression, WinUI 3 and WebView2, and has made “mem…

"Rising cost of memory," Microsoft explains why Windows 11 will use less RAM

In Microsoft's Inside Windows podcast, Davuluri and Marcus Ash explained how Windows 11 will use less RAM, and Microsoft later made 8GB PC optimization official. Here's why Windows 11 uses so much RAM, how AI drove up memory prices, and what Microsoft is fixing.