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[-] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 15 points 10 months ago

I generally agree with your sentiment but I'm calling bullshit on a 300gb install. I work in a computer repair shop and load win11 more than 10x a week. Stock install with 23h2 and all updates, even with a GPU (big driver) is always under 50gb. A loaded down version of Pro with hyper V and a bunch of other shit including office is never even 60gb.

And unused RAM is wasted RAM. I have seen win11 run on 2gb ddr3. As you ask for more RAM, it will unload and make space for the new request.

And yes, I daily Linux and generally prefer it.

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

And unused RAM is wasted RAM. I have seen win11 run on 2gb ddr3. As you ask for more RAM, it will unload and make space for the new request.

Personally I rather have the RAM left over for the applications to use up front, instead of the OS taking it all and then begrudgingly letting some of it go when asked.

[-] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

That's totally fair. It's the eternal debate, even in Linux. There are bistros with both ideologies.

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