India, Nov. 4 -- With memory for PCs currently either in short supply or very expensive, Microsoft hopes foundational improvements to Windows 11 operating system (OS) will help it run better on millions of PCs with 8 GB memory. The company is targeting that spec baseline with a set of updates for Windows PCs. It said its internal tests showed Windows is up to 20% more responsive and multitasking up to 40% faster than before on machines with 8GB of RAM.

In an official post, Windows + Devices executive vice president Pavan Davuluri called the latest update an important step in the journey and added that memory optimisation and further tweaks are on the agenda.

"More efficient memory use means more room for what you're doing, whether that'...