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Microsoft’s Windows 11 Optimizations For 8GB RAM Configurations Won’t Include Copilot+ Compatibility; One OEM Reveals You’ll Still Need 16GB For That - wccftech​

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Improvements to Windows 11 are still underway, with Microsoft previously confirming that it will bring optimizations to make the operating system run more efficiently on systems with 8GB RAM. However, those changes won’t include bringing compatibility with Copilot+ features, as leaked specifications of laptops belonging to an OEM reveal that you’ll still need double the memory count for that.

The commitments made by Microsoft don’t involve making lower-tier RAM machines Copilot+-capable, with reports sharing a few specification screenshots of upcoming notebooks in Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim series, in the 14-inch and 15-inch models. While the entire family ships with AMD’s Ryzen AI processors, it won’t make them compatible with Copilot+, as you’ll still need to add a total of 16GB RAM to laptops that support removable sticks.

Notebooks that arrive with 8GB of memory are expected to be labeled as non-Copilot, but a closer look at the specifications reveals that Lenovo’s IdeaPad will ship with soldered memory since LPDDR5X chips aren’t available in the SODIMM form factor. We do have the LPCAMM2 standard, but we doubt Lenovo will bring it to its entry-level notebook range. Even if Microsoft doesn’t bring Copilot+ compatibility to 8GB RAM configurations, it’s not the end of the world, as there’s a long list of improvements that take priority over Copilot+ features.

For instance, the Weather app in Windows 11 can use up to 1.6GB of RAM in certain scenarios, and for notebooks or systems that are only equipped with 8GB of memory, we can all agree that making such apps more memory efficient is more important than experiencing AI features. The Dell XPS 13, which is currently a close rival to the MacBook Neo, can use up to 70 percent of its 8GB RAM without running any user-launched program.


Those who wish to take advantage of AI features can fire up ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini, though the only drawback is that you’ll need to be connected to the internet to leverage these LLMs.
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Microsoft’s Windows 11 Optimizations For 8GB RAM Configurations Won’t Include Copilot+ Compatibility; One OEM Reveals You’ll Still Need 16GB For That

Microsoft is optimizing Windows 11 for 8GB RAM systems, but Copilot+ features will still require 16GB RAM, according to an OEM revelation
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Microsoft has finally admitted that Windows 11’s right-click menu became “cluttered and sluggish,” which is funny because the entire point of the Windows 11 menu in 2021 was to fix Windows 10’s cluttered and sluggish right-click menu.

Five years later, Microsoft is redoing the right-click menu, and the good news is that this one actually looks great.

Windows 11 Build 26340.9212 has a redesigned File Explorer context menu that is faster, shorter, cleaner, and finally customizable.

You can now decide which built-in actions appear, whether app extensions show directly in the menu or inside a submenu, and even whether Cut, Copy, Rename, Share, and Delete appear as the Windows 11 icon row or a more traditional vertical list.

The old menu was slow enough that items could load after the menu opened, shifting the cursor and causing misclicks.

The new one feels instant even on low-end hardware in our testing, and it feels better than Windows 10’s context menu now.

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