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Houellebecq
Oct 17, 2025Iron Contributor
Windows 11 on a laptop with 8GB RAM
I have an older laptop (XPS 13 around 2018, i5 8250u and 8GB RAM) and unfortunately I will probably have to switch it from Win10 where it runs perfectly on windows 11. The problem is that, in the...
Oct 18, 2025
Hi,
Just wanted to share my own experience maybe it’ll help a bit. I’ve got a DELL Vostro 13 (8 GB RAM, i7 CPU). I upgraded to Windows 11 when it first came out, but ended up rolling back to Windows 10 for similar reasons. Around 6–7 months ago, I decided to give Windows 11 another try, and I’ve been running version 24H2 since then. It’s much more stable and smoother compared to the earlier builds.
I haven’t made any customizations just using it with the default settings. I think the issues I had before were probably related to the early release or hardware compatibility at the time. I keep it regularly updated now, and so far, I haven’t faced any problems.