Seriously, Don't Buy a Windows 11 PC With 8GB of RAM
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Windows 11 struggles badly with just 8GB of RAM, even during light use. Testing showed that simply opening Chrome, Spotify, and Slack caused Windows to silently swap data between RAM and storage, making apps noticeably slower. Running Photoshop made things worse, forcing apps to reload constantly. Despite Microsoft selling 8GB Surface Laptops, 16GB should be the minimum — and Windows efficiency improvements won't fix RAM-hungry third-party apps.
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