{
  "id": 18582034,
  "title": "Windows 11 is 40% faster on computers with 8GB of RAM",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/windows-11-is-40-faster-on-computers-with-8gb-of-ram",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-06T08:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Computerworld",
    "slug": "computerworld",
    "url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4245945/windows-11-is-40-percent-faster-on-computers-with-8-gb-of-ram.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft has made significant improvements to Windows 11, making it up to 40% faster on computers with at least 8GB of RAM. The company's own tests have shown a 20% increase in responsiveness and a 40% boost in multitasking speed. This performance enhancement is achieved through a new memory compression technique that retains up to 2GB of active data in RAM rather than transferring it to slower storage.\n\nVarious Windows 11 features, including the Start menu, Search, Settings, and File Explorer, have been optimized, resulting in a 20% speed increase. Microsoft's own applications, such as Edge and Teams, have also been improved. Edge now launches up to 33% faster, while Teams can open up to 20% quicker.\n\nMoreover, memory usage in Windows, Edge, and Microsoft 365 has been reduced by up to 900MB, with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook alone saving around 360MB. These enhancements require Windows 11 version 26H2, build 26300.9818 or later. However, some improvements necessitate updating Microsoft's apps as well. This information was originally reported by Computer Sweden.",
  "summary": "Microsoft has implemented several optimizations designed to make Windows 11 significantly faster on computers with as little as 8GB of RAM. According to the company’s own tests, responsiveness has already improved by up to 20% , while multitasking is now up to 40% faster. To achieve this, Microsoft has developed a more efficient memory compression technique that allows up to 2GB of active data to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}