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Darren Allan

The MacBook Neo kickstarted an 8GB RAM trend — and seeing new Windows 11 laptops from Dell, Acer, and Microsoft following its lead has me worried

A man typing on a Windows 11 laptop.
  • There's been a resurgence of 8GB laptops around Computex
  • This is due to pricing pressures exerted by the component crisis
  • Windows 11 laptop makers are following in the MacBook Neo's footsteps – but is that wise?

If you thought 8GB laptops were becoming a thing of the past, think again, because there's now something of a resurgence in notebooks with this RAM loadout — and you can probably guess why.

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