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usertests I never used Windows 8/8.1, but from what I could tell, Windows 8.1 has a similar appearance to Windows 10/11 while using less than 2 GB of memory. Reply
TerryLaze No, it doesn't!!! The weather app/widget in the task bar only takes up ~300Mb (The whole of windows widgets) the icon that gives you constant temp right on the bar, even if you click on it to get the whole display with the torrent of adds, it's still only ~300Mb. You have to click on the weather app/widget to get the 1.2Gb usage, because only then do you get the full heavy website. Reply
Dr3ams Here are the biggest consumers in my system: – Google = with one tab open, between 700MB and 900MB – Weather app (in use) = between 650MB and 750MB – Steam Client WebHelper (not sure what it's doing the whole time) = around 550MB – Whatsapp (in idle) = 300MB – Windows Explorer (in idle, or not) = 170MB – Seach (in idle, or not) =165MB Without having any apps open (that I know of) my system uses around 8.5GB of RAM. I have 32GB total. Reply
8086 Three alternative open source weather apps that I use: Skyline Weather (github)Fluent Weather (github) (reddit)Lively Weather (github) (reddit) Reply
Krieger-San I've said this before, and I'll say it again; Microsoft has really changed since the Windows 8 era. They no longer care about a quality product; they care how much their product can make for them, specifically passively generated incomes – something only a business or well off person can really afford to set up. Once I'd learned their tactics, it became apparent that my love of computers was going to be tainted by a vendor that I preferred; I started learning Linux during the Win 8.1 days as each disgusting ad feature and data mining tool was unearthed. While I still use Windows today for my primary gaming system, it's heavily restricted with group policy and all the extra garbage removed; it's days are also numbered with how Valve has been working so much on the Proton compatibility layer. You can even play non-Steam games through the Steam Launcher in Linux… (ex.: WoW). Reply
Kamen Rider Blade All these Web Apps must be destroyed from pretending to be a Native App. Real Native Apps Only, or bust! Reply
PEnns 8086 said: Three alternative open source weather apps that I use: Skyline Weather (github)Fluent Weather (github) (reddit)Lively Weather (github) (reddit) Thanks for the links! 👍 Reply
Ogotai in win 10, i uninstalled it and a bunch of other things…. shaved off a few gigs on the install of 10…. sounds like it would be a lot more in win 11 Reply
txfeinbergs Dr3ams said: Here are the biggest consumers in my system: – Google = with one tab open, between 700MB and 900MB – Weather app (in use) = between 650MB and 750MB – Steam Client WebHelper (not sure what it's doing the whole time) = around 550MB – Whatsapp (in idle) = 300MB – Windows Explorer (in idle, or not) = 170MB – Seach (in idle, or not) =165MB Without having any apps open (that I know of) my system uses around 8.5GB of RAM. I have 32GB total. Yeah, this is the reason 32GB is really the minimum these days. When I game I always check my memory usage afterwards and it is usually around 20 to 22 GB because of the operating system and other things running (and I don't stream or run discord or any of that stuff). Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-built-in-weather-app-hogs-more-than-1-2-gigabytes-of-ram-just-to-tell-the-forecast-memory-sucking-web-wrapper-filled-with-ads-masquerades-as-an-actual-application#main
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