Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026
Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026
All at a time where I think I’m actually going to switch to Linux.
I just tried out an install on my laptop and boy does it work well even for gaming.
Windows has, nothing I actually need any more?
It feels really big to really leave Windows for good, but, I think it’s going to happen after a bit more testing of my Linux setup.
You say this as if you have been waiting for it?
You, and I both, know they are going to ask Copilot “What can we eliminate in the code base”.
This is why its been announced now. With all the tracking Microsoft has in W11, including being able to track usage to an email account for most, they will have a good idea who has binned windows and who hasn’t.
Its this volume of switching that has them worried enough to actually pretend to fix things. I say pretend as its fairly obvious what they need to remove to reduce the bloat on RAM but their business it tied to it now, like concrete over boots on a mafia snitch.