Sometimes much less is extra. That appears to be the guiding philosophy of NTDev, a developer that we have beforehand seen decreasing Windows installations to a ridiculously small measurement. Now, the dev has managed to get Windows 11 engaged on a miniscule quantity of system reminiscence, too.
NTDev shared on X that they’ve managed to get Windows 11 operating on lower than 200 MB of RAM. They say: “Somehow I managed to make Windows 11 (via tiny11 and all that stuff, after all) run on simply 184MB of RAM, which despite the fact that it is in Safe Mode I nonetheless assume it is completely insane, and probably a document.”
It’s wonderful what you are able to do even with such a “closed” system as Windows.Somehow I managed to make Windows 11 (via tiny11 and all that stuff, after all) run on simply 184MB of RAM, which despite the fact that it is in Safe Mode I nonetheless assume it is completely insane, and probably a document. pic.twitter.com/IPK24LqjBJDecember 26, 2024
Tiny11 is NTDev’s utility which helps you to run Windows 11 on underpowered machines by eliminating a few of the pre-installed bloatware similar to Camera, OneDrive, and so forth.
Although it is not formally supported, current Tiny11 builds ought to help you obtain Windows updates—although nothing’s assured. And a few of what it removes could cause issues, when you’re not cautious. For occasion, not having Edge put in might doubtlessly trigger issues with some widgets that depend on operating Edge scripts.
Such Edge scripts could be particularly essential for the most recent Windows AI options, too, given Copilot basically makes use of embedded Edge scripts by way of WebView2. Then once more, I’m positive some customers would contemplate eliminating (or breaking) these AI incorporates a advantage of the modified set up.
And name me a cynic, however the newest Windows set up appears fairly, as they are saying, “borked” regardless, so maybe slimming every part down will truly assist on this regard.
184 MB is frighteningly little RAM, although, and I am unable to assist however surprise simply how usable Windows is when utilizing such a low quantity of reminiscence. Certainly not searching, as Task Manager is presently exhibiting me about 5 GB getting used on Chrome alone proper now.
At the very least, Notepad appears to work with such low reminiscence, as NTDev’s screenshot attests. Perhaps a minimal set up like this could possibly be used as for note-taking, then. It’s virtually making me need to shovel out my outdated Asus Eee PC (sure, I actually do nonetheless personal one) and take a look at it out. Watch this house, I suppose.
