Forget Microsoft's stringent 4GB Windows 11 requirement — A daring developer runs the OS on just 184MB of RAM, "possibly a record," but its usability remains anyone's guess

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More recently, the developer managed to run Windows 11 on less than 200MB of RAM.

The program scales Windows 11’s 20GB install size to less than 4GB of RAM.

Tiny11 gets even smaller

Tiny11 shrinks Windows 11 to less than 200MB of RAM

Also can you install MSI applications?

Can you run DirectX applications?"

Still, users are hell-bent on using Windows 10 despite its imminent death.

Tiny11 OS (Windows 11) | Archive.org

Their reluctance to upgrade can be attributed to Windows 11’sstringent requirementsandflawed system design.

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