From The Next Web · Ana Maria Constantin · · 1m 30s
Windows 11 claims 20% speed boost on budget PCs
Microsoft says months of optimisation make Windows 11 far more responsive, especially on machines with 8GB of RAM. Independent testing found no such gains.
In brief
Microsoft says months of optimisation make Windows 11 far more responsive, especially on machines with 8GB of RAM. Independent testing found no such gains. Microsoft claims Windows 11 is up to 20% more responsive with better memory management for 8GB PCs, but the only published test found no improvement on such…
Microsoft claims major speed gains
Microsoft says months of work have made Windows 11 up to 20% more responsive. Better memory management makes a meaningful difference on PCs with 8GB of RAM.
Independent test contradicts the claim
The Verge reported the claims on Thursday. The only published hands-on test found gains on 16GB and larger machines, and none at all on an 8GB PC.
How Microsoft says it freed up memory
Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows experiences, said Windows can keep up to 2GB more active data in memory instead of moving it to slower storage.
Why Microsoft is optimising for 8GB
Memory costs have fallen sharply.Google said in July it was reworking Android to need less RAM, citing Morgan Stanley figures of $2.80 per gigabyte in 2025 against $12 now.
The real pressure on PC makers
European desktop shipments fell about 20% in the third quarter, with almost 30% forecast for the fourth.Context found that buying came from the end of Windows 10 support, not AI PC features.
The essence
Microsoft claims Windows 11 is up to 20% more responsive with better memory management for 8GB PCs, but the only published test found no improvement on such machines.
