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Windows 11's Built-In Weather App Wastes More Than 1 GB of RAM
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Nemeski mander.xyz nemeski@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-29
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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-06-01
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Can't you just buy a few computers? One for weather, another for text editor, third for audio, etc?..

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Brkdncr lemmy.world Brkdncr@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-21
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Isn’t it using webview2? I thought that shares resources across all webview2 apps.

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over_clox lemmy.world over_clox@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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Anyone remember when Windows 95 could run (like shit) on only 4MB RAM? Not GB, MB..

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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awesomesauce309 midwest.social awesomesauce309@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Can't you just buy a few computers? One for weather, another for text editor, third for audio, etc?..

Of course, just need a few windows licenses.

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futurepoint sopuli.xyz futurepoint@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2026-03-01
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Anyone remember when Windows 95 could run (like shit) on only 4MB RAM? Not GB, MB.. Pepperidge Farm remembers.

But could it show the weather?

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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-06-01
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But could it show the weather?

Of course not. In that time we didn't have machines with GiBs of RAM.

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over_clox lemmy.world over_clox@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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Of course not. In that time we didn't have machines with GiBs of RAM.

My Windows use 0 bytes of RAM. If you look through them, you can see the weather...

All I see are penguins 🐧

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deadcream sopuli.xyz deadcream@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-01-19
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But could it show the weather?

It had Active Desktop.

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thenextguy sh.itjust.works thenextguy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-07-01
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This is probably one of those times where the reporter doesn't understand how virtual memory works.

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