2023-07-12 03:00:08
For this developer, the minimum Windows requirements are not a limitation, but a challenge. You’re pushing yourself to the limit.
If you like tinkering with Windows you may know the developer NTDevfamous for creating a stripped down version of Windows 11 call Tiny11. He now he has broken his own record by getting run Windows 11 on a PC with only 176MB of RAM.
Los minimum requirements de Windows 11 son 4 GB of RAM. Not to mention the damn TPM 2.0 chip, which has shut out hundreds of millions of PCs.
The developer NTDev became famous a few months ago, by Remove all useless software from Windows 11 and the mandatory apps that Microsoft imposes on us, in addition to the obligation of the chip TMP 2.0to obtain use Windows 11 on old PCs with only 2GB of RAM.
From here he has dedicated himself to further lowering the memory requirements. He managed to create a version of Windows 11 for the Raspberry Pi, another for PCs with only 200 MB of memory, and now he breaks his own record by boot Windows 11 with only 176 MB of RAM. Is or are 23 times less than the minimum requirements.
Windows 11 with only 176 MB of RAM
To achieve this feat, NTDev has started from the Tiny11 which works with 2 GB of RAM. It has traced, one by one, all the processes that start when Windows 11 starts, and it has eliminated those that are not necessary.
He has come to use tricks like store the system on an IDE diskinstead of a SATA one, because its controller consumes less memory.
The result is that Windows 11 boots with just 176MB of RAMas you can see here:
It is true that, once underway, practically nothing can be done. Windows 11 is very slow and no more memory for applications.
But the purpose of the experiment is not to get a usable Windows, just to get it to boot, and get it working.
NTDev has already succeeded boot Windows 11 with only 176 MB of RAM, 23 times Microsoft’s minimum requirements. Where is the limit?
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