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Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline
(www.windowslatest.com)
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"fine" depends on what you're doing. web browsing? youtube? maybe, just dont open more than 5 tabs. doing literally anything else? no. get 12 gb or 16 gb ram.
I have 16gb and more than 15 tabs causes my computer to studder.
My rule was 32gb at least. And that was for. At least 10 years