Most people run Windows just fine on cheap laptops with 4GB of RAM.

These won't run Crysis, but they don't need to.

Windows doesn't run "just fine" on 4 GiB of RAM. I had a laptop with 6; Windows 10 became barely usable. If you want to run one, small, program at a time I think you'll be ok. Forget about web browsing; you'll get one tab and it'll be slow.

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johnebgd 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Agreed. Windows 10/11 can run just fine on 4GB of RAM. You just can't run anything inside of Windows 10/11 with 4GB of RAM.

The last version of Windows that felt like 4GB of RAM was performant for me with applications was Windows XP. Not that every computer running the 32-bit edition of Windows XP could even see/utilize a full 4GB of RAM properly, but at least it was fast.

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hn_acc1 39 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

HDD or SSD? SSD can effectively make up for SOME amount of less RAM due to faster swapping, in my experience.

	▲	bitwize 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		2015 laptop, spinning rust. Nevertheless, it was at least somewhat acceptable at purchase, but crapware installed with successive system updates brought it to a standstill. An SSD might've helped, but not by much. I wiped it and put Kubuntu on it to give to my wife, for whom it ran acceptably. She gave it back when she got a shiny new MacBook Air.

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hulitu an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> Most people run Windows just fine on cheap laptops with 4GB of RAM.

Windows 7. Windows 10 eats about 6GB (custom IoT with a lot of things disabled).

Neo is a parody of a computer.

	▲	johnebgd 43 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Neo is powered by a fast and battery-friendly chip. It's definitely not a novelty any more than Chromebooks or Windows 11 notebooks with integrated graphics have been.
	▲	monegator 30 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		lolwut? check your install mate