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Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices
(www.notebookcheck.net)
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Windows 11 can run on 4GB. That's the minimum for the listed requirements, and the other day, I saw Best Buy selling a 4GB model, and I see some systems for sale online. I would imagine that it's not ideal.
I have seen a few of them. Yes they are bad. Basically idles at 85% memory usage on the desktop with nothing open.
Windows going Vista again
Windows 11 for me boots using around 7GB. Open a heavy browser tab or two and you're page thrashing next. I can't use a computer like that.
That 'can' does a hell of a lot of heavy lifting. But then again, it says Windows can run in 4GB, it doesn't say anything about your apps.