Microsoft says Windows 11 is now 'more responsive' and runs better on 8GB of RAM
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23 points
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October 15, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
cisc
That's great but the context menu is still slow, annoying to use, and much worse than it was in Windows 10.
kristianp
Sounds like just tinkering at the edges. Still not upgrading my older X1 carbon with 16GB from windows 10.
dmitrygr
What worthy features have they added since win2k that justify the 7.75 GB more RAM being needed?
hn_submit
I'm running Linux Mint on a 15 year old desktop with 3GB RAM and it's sufficiently fast even for a software developer. Why would anyone want or need an operating system that requires 16GB (!) of RAM to run decently? Most of the trash running is probably profiling or spying on you.
ChrisArchitect
Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/10/15/whats...