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
THE SO WHAT
When even Microsoft is optimizing Windows 11 for 8GB machines, it's an admission that the DRAM crunch is constraining the low-end PC base. If your software quietly assumes 16GB+ clients, you should profile memory now or risk churn in price-sensitive segments.
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