sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoMicrosoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baselinewww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baselinewww.windowslatest.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 days agoWhy would they knowingly push for better but unnecessary hardware? What do they gain from people buying more RAM than necessary to run Windows? Edit: wait, they also sell laptops. Duh. Kids, learn from my mistakes, read article first, comment second.
minus-squareadarza@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agothey also provide the os on most systems sold by everyone else, too.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoNothing. It’s not unnecessary. It’s very necessary, especially Windows. They’re just shifting their perspective because RAM has gotten so wildly expensive.
Why would they knowingly push for better but unnecessary hardware? What do they gain from people buying more RAM than necessary to run Windows?
Edit: wait, they also sell laptops. Duh.
Kids, learn from my mistakes, read article first, comment second.
they also provide the os on most systems sold by everyone else, too.
Nothing. It’s not unnecessary. It’s very necessary, especially Windows. They’re just shifting their perspective because RAM has gotten so wildly expensive.