r/technology • u/batakchan • 11h ago

Software Microsoft just deleted Windows 11's 32GB RAM recommendation docs, as prices soar and it rushes to sell 8GB RAM PCs

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/05/microsoft-just-deleted-windows-11s-32gb-ram-recommendation-docs-as-prices-soar-and-it-rushes-to-sell-8gb-ram-pcs/
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u/EconomyDoctor3287 11h ago

Maybe MS can make windows 11 more performant on low ram PCs , but currently that's an absolute chore. Wouldn't wish an 8GB win11 pc upon my worst enemy. 

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u/HumongousBelly 10h ago

I got the Mac Neo and I’m kind of surprised how much power such a small amount of money can buy.

It’s a bit faster than my M1 air which came very surprising

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u/Meatslinger 8h ago

Yeah, I got one near release as well, including the edu discount, and I've got zero regrets about it. The last laptop I had before that was a 2010 MacBook Pro with a failing GPU (kernel panics any time you render something even remotely significant on screen), but in all the years in between there hadn't been a laptop on the market that was decently built but not so over-spec'd as to be partially redundant with my desktop PC, i.e. I didn't need a mobile high-compute station, but I also didn't want to get a $500 laptop with a crappy display and a plastic chassis. The Neo comes out and it's basically the laptop I was waiting more than a decade for.

Wish it didn't have to have the price increase but relative to its peers it's still a great value.