Microsoft acknowledges how dire the RAM crisis is by promising to reduce Windows 11's 'memory footprint' on 8GB laptops — but it should have been this way from the start

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Aug 3, 2026, 7:24 am107 pts
Microsoft has summarized its campaign to fix Windows 11 so far The company also let us know what work is coming, including making the OS run better with 8GB of RAM That should have been the case from the start, though – and there's a missing piece of the puzzle to address as highlighted by Windows 11 users…

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