{"id":19196,"date":"2026-08-02T01:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=19196"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:39:10","slug":"op-ed-windows-11-memory-upgrade-in-the-works-and-about-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=19196","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Windows 11 memory upgrade in the works and about time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you open Task Manager on Win 11, you will see a reasonably baffling range of tasks. You will see strange, ridiculous amounts of memory usage on your tabs. This is normal. <strong>Windows is about to fix these issues<\/strong> with an improved Win UI and Start menu rewrite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This unexpected sensitivity to the obvious is long overdue. Whining about Win11 is a global sport and usually not very productive. On any decent device, Win 11 is quite OK as long as it does what you need it to do. It\u2019s not flashy, and it does the job. That\u2019s fine. That\u2019s all that\u2019s required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What Win11 in its current configuration doesn\u2019t do is manage the clutter beyond a certain point. Lag and slowness in ordinary usage may have many perfectly valid reasons, but they\u2019re predictable inefficiencies, and they\u2019re annoying. \u00a0The proposed changes are inevitable, with a few caveats about how they\u2019ll perform relative to hardware.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-thou-shalt-not-clunk\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thou shalt not clunk<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Windows users typically bump into things they\u2019ve never heard of. Any degree of sniffing about for a runtime fix or sorting out an issue involves How To terminology you may or may not recognise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new upgrade is no exception. There\u2019s a lot of expert-level shorthand about the new upgrades, and it\u2019s more than a bit clunky for people who simply want to know how to use their stuff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The terminology also merrily gets in the way of easy explanations for users. In this case, some expressions may not be familiar:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WinUI:<\/strong> Exactly what it looks like but supposedly slanted to developers. WinUI is the native user interface but upgraded and ships independently of the OS. To deliver performance, WinUI needs to be faster. The idea is to use less RAM. <strong>The Microsoft WinUI3 Gallery page<\/strong> is indicative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>React Native Windows: <\/strong>\u00a0This is a broad-palette runtime enhancement across the Windows device spectrum. Take a little time to read the link, because there\u2019s a lot packaged into that expression, and <strong>the word \u201cnative\u201d now seems unavoidable<\/strong>. It usually means \u201cbuilt in\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Universal Windows Platform:<\/strong> The common platform for Windows 10 and 11, now being superseded by WinUI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows App SDK:<\/strong> A general evolution which \u201c<em>Enhances existing stacks like WPF, WinForms, and C++ Win32 apps instead of replacing them\u201d<\/em> according to Gemini.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-talking-to-two-markets-or-not\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Talking to two markets or not?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A critique is required here. If you\u2019re somehow getting the impression that the available information is as domestic-user-comprehensible as a Sumerian clay tablet about a cartload of copper 3,000 years ago, you\u2019re not alone. If you\u2019re a dev, <strong>the current news about the new Windows upgrade initiative<\/strong> is easy. If you\u2019re a common or garden user, you could spend hours wading through the swamps of tech speak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This upgrade actually is an important, useful, major market initiative by a global market superpower, and seriously, it shouldn\u2019t need tides of semi-explanation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This upgrade is playing to two audiences, devs and users, neither of whom could care less about the other\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dynamic expressions for users related to these upgrades are:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Faster<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Efficiency<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fluent<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Less RAM<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Available<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Download<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Microsoft page for WinUI3<strong> <\/strong>does include at the bottom of the page \u201c<em>Available on: PC OS: Windows 10 version 17763.0 or higher\u201d<\/em>, with a download button at the top of the page, and that\u2019s it. Not overly articulate, is it? <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The better option would be to simply illustrate the benefits for each dynamic. This is how it works, and this is what\u2019s in it for you, followed by this link is where you get it. Even on a page with a 2-point font, it\u2019d look better, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main reason for this degree of nitpicking is that Windows users are fluent in their own applications. <em>They need to see value as it applies to them.<\/em> Show and Tell is good enough. If you were to do a market study on the amount of mysticism required for daily use, you\u2019d get a big fat zero.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-upgrade-in-two-stages\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The upgrade in two stages<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The priority for Microsoft\u2019s Win11 overhaul is to get WinUI ready for deployment. That\u2019s the underpinning framework for the rest of the improvements. The Start menu will be rewritten to incorporate the changes after WinUI is ready.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This upgrade was flagged back in March. <strong>According to techpowerup.com,<\/strong> previous claims of improved memory efficiency have met a frigid response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the bottom of the techpowerup.com page you\u2019ll also see \u201cRelated News\u201d, and a series of problems from 2025 regarding major negative issues with Windows 11 which are indicative of the actual state of play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s probably some sort of \u201cMoore\u2019s Law for increasingly clunky systems\u201d. \u00a0There should be an equation for additions that simply add data loads relative to the OS to the point of dysfunction rather than do anything useful. AI is the obvious candidate for creating clunky systems in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talking about clunky, high-function AI should also be a manageable extra for users, not a must-have for the OS. AI should be available when necessary, otherwise just an add-on. Future systems could be hopelessly cluttered unless that distinction is made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The simple fact is that Windows needs to stick with its original precept. The original Windows was simple, efficient, and stable. 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