Microsoft Says 8 GB of RAM Should Be Enough for Anyone Running Windows 11
Pavan Davuluri said Microsoft will lower Windows memory use and improve reliability as users complain about flaky performance and rising hardware costs.
- Last Friday, Microsoft executive VP for Windows and Devices Pavan Davuluri announced plans to optimize Windows memory usage, promising to improve performance on systems with 8 GB of memory.
- These improvements respond to user frustration regarding Windows stability, prompting Redmond to create a quality improvement list in March 2026 and add four new items to it.
- Microsoft is tuning WinUI and driving efficiencies across Chromium and Webview2 components to reduce overhead across apps, though technical improvements have yet to appear in production versions.
- Focusing on 8 GB systems suggests Copilot PCs lack buyer interest, possibly due to high costs of required 16 GB DDR5 memory; IDC recently forecast an 11.3 percent shipment slump in 2026.
- With no delivery date set, manufacturers face persistent memory shortages, as the firm stated no meaningful relief is expected before the end of 2027.
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They realized that 8GB of RAM is currently not enough for many things, so it needs to be optimized.
Microsoft has set out to reduce the memory usage of Windows 11. The goal is to lighten the operating system (OS) so that Windows 11 runs smoothly on low-spec PCs equipped with 8GB of RAM. Until now, Microsoft has pushed 16GB of RAM as the de facto standard specification by emphasizing artificial intelligence (AI) features; however, as memory prices pressure rising PC hardware prices, the usability of low-spec devices
Microsoft says 8 GB of RAM should be enough for anyone running Windows 11
Microsoft has added four new items to the to-do list it set itself to improve the quality of Windows 11. Redmond's list landed in March 2026 in response to users' anger at Windows 11 becoming increasingly flaky and needy. Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft's executive VP for Windows and Devices, promised "improved memory efficiency, lowering the baseline memory footprint for Windows, freeing up more capacity for the apps you run." Last Friday, Davuluri r…
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 will reduce memory consumption. This step will serve to improve performance on computers with 8 GB of RAM through new system optimizations. Windows...
Microsoft puts the memory requirements of Windows 11 at the centre of its further development work. This is the result of a contribution by Windows manager Pavan Davuluri to X, in which he presents the priorities planned for the coming months. Specifically, Microsoft announces to reduce the memory requirements of Windows 11 so that the system remains fast and responsive even on devices with only 8 GB of memory. Background to this priority is als…
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