The bloated Windows 11 system has become a burden: Microsoft's new 8GB memory Surface notebook has received negative reviews. Microsoft's recently launched 8GB memory version of the Surface notebook has triggered widespread discussion and criticism due to Windows 11 system load issues.

The bloated Windows 11 system has become a burden: Microsoft's new 8GB memory Surface notebook has received negative reviews. Microsoft's recently launched 8GB memory version of the Surface notebook has triggered widespread discussion and criticism due to Windows 11 system load issues. According to foreign media reviews, due to the high resource usage of the system itself, 8GB of memory is no longer able to meet users’ smooth operation needs in daily multitasking. The entry-level device, which starts at $849, is powered by a lower-end Snapdragon chip and comes with 8GB of RAM. Relevant reviews pointed out that although this configuration can handle basic operations such as web browsing, document editing, and video streaming, the device often freezes or freezes for several seconds when running Microsoft Teams video conferencing. In actual testing, when only about 10 Chrome tabs and Slack and Signal apps were running in the background, the device struggled to withstand the load of video streaming, and even experienced frequent and random freezes when working on Google Docs. Data from Windows Task Manager shows that such devices often consume around 6.7GB of available memory during regular use. Even after clearing background self-starting applications after restarting, the basic memory usage will reach about 4.2GB. Once about half a dozen Chrome web tabs are opened, the memory usage will quickly soar to about 5.5GB. Industry commentators believe that although Microsoft has promised to reduce the default memory footprint of the operating system through the "Windows K2" plan, its optimization efforts are still insufficient at present, making it difficult for Windows 11 to provide reliable performance in an 8GB memory environment. Although the official minimum memory requirement for Windows 11 is 4GB, actual experience shows that 8GB is often insufficient. Microsoft has long regarded 16GB of memory as the standard baseline for a smooth system experience. However, as memory market shortages have pushed up hardware costs in recent months, Microsoft has recently adjusted its official statement to describe the 8GB version of Surface as suitable for daily browsing, streaming, and office applications. To use artificial intelligence features such as Copilot+, an additional 8GB of memory is still required. via cnBeta.COM - Chinese industry information station (author: source: cnBeta.COM)