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Comment Re:Do you actually use them day today though? (Score 1) 105

It's normal that any OS will have close to 0 free memory! This is the expected behavior..

Describe "0 free memory". When I say it is 100%, I am literally looking at Outlook, Windows services, and Excel taking almost 16GB by themselves. This is not cached memory model of the Linux and MacOS where free RAM is reserved for caching. At 16GB, the "cached memory" on my Windows machine is disk swap as I can see the disk activity.

See my other post just above.

I am not searching through this forum just because you can't be bothered to retype or paste a link. Also I have to read your mind to determine which of your posts apply? That's a no.

Comment Re:8 GB of RAM (Score 1) 105

There are lots of things that could be removed from Windows that are unnecessary; however, MS makes it more difficult with each new update and patch. Removing them for the performance is such a hassle that few do it. For example, I don’t have an Xbox but MS deems it that I must have Xbox Gaming installed with each major update. It used to be that you could uninstall it. Now you can remove it but it really is not uninstalled as components still exist; for example all the modules that connect to the Xbox gaming servers still are present.

There are all sorts of service running that do not to be. I don’t have a touch screen yet all components for it cannot be removed. My machine is a desktop not a laptop yet airplane mode exists and cannot be removed. I know because one day it was triggered somehow and I was off the Internet until I rebooted and reset everything.

Comment Re: It's also unusable with 8GB of RAM (Score 1) 105

Oh Windows 11 is fine to have all of these running at the same time; using them at the same time is the problem. Switching between them is a constant issue for me. Want to switch back and forth between an email and a spreadsheet? There is a noticeable lag and pause. I can’t refer to an email the start typing in a cell immediately. And I have 16GB and it is constantly 100% used between Windows and Office.

Comment Re:8 GB of RAM (Score 1) 105

The Macbook Neo set that standard. You're apparently allowed to make a cheap laptop in 2026 with a unusable amount of RAM and storage now as long as it has a good display.

Have you looked at DDR5 and SSD prices recently? Cheap and lots of RAM or storage are conflicting conditions right now. Laptop manufacturers are not "allowed" to do this as much as they have no choice at the moment. But you are allowed to buy more RAM and storage in a laptop; do not expect it to be cheap.

Comment Re:8 GB of RAM (Score 1) 105

Macbook Neo, the machine it is a rival to, also runs very poorly on an 8GB RAM machine

According to whom? The Neo is a terrible machine to run anything memory intensive like 4K video editing full time. But that is not designed primarily to do. It was made for the average consumer like students to handle everyday computing like web surfing. Every review I have read say the 8GB is fine for these tasks.

Comment Re:Windows needs XBox (Score 3, Insightful) 66

No it isn't. It's API stability. Linux changes stuff all the time, and pretty soon your old binaries won't run on new distros (unless, ironically, you're running Windows software with WINE). Apple deprecates APIs all the time and switches CPU every few years. For all its other faults, Windows is still better at keeping your software usable.

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