![]() ![]() I tried such a thing on my Surface Go 2 and it was actually a very good experience. All that telemetry and those background processes can be reduced a lot, naturally at your own risk. There’s also a whole community out there dedicated to debloating Windows 10, removing things Microsoft really doesn’t want you to remove. One easy thing to try is using Microsoft Edge instead of Google Chrome or Firefox since it seems to be much better optimized for Windows 10 and uses less RAM. You can actively monitor what you’re running at any given time and fully close down anything hogging RAM in the background, but that could also become tedious fast. ![]() A laptop is an investment for years to come, and not having a lot of RAM will really start to hurt down the road. But those people shouldn’t be expected to have a lesser quality experience when let’s be frank, they’re still spending a lot of money. (Image credit: Microsoft) Is there anything you can do?įor a lot of people, not just going for the higher RAM options when buying a laptop is a budget-based decision. It’s down to the hardware makers to step up and start offering a more 2021 friendly solution. Windows 10 isn’t going to become less resource-heavy overnight, and most of today’s popular web browsers will soon start to gobble up your RAM the longer you have them open full of tabs. And yet we’ll be expected to either make do with 8GB a lot of the time or pay an absurd mark up to get some more. Laptop makers buying RAM in bulk will always get it at a lower price than you or I would by going to Amazon. Part of the problem is that since RAM can’t be upgraded in most of today’s slim Ultrabooks, getting more is often tied to other upgrades like a faster processor or more storage. The $1,000 and upwards Surface Laptop 4 also has 8GB of RAM, as does the entry-level Razer Book 13. ![]() Obviously, it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison, but it’s still a thing. Smartphones with 8GB of RAM or more are commonplace now. (Image credit: TechRadar) 16GB of RAM should be the standard ![]()
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