New Delhi, June 1 -- Buying a laptop isn't as simple as selecting a budget, looking at the top available processor and selecting a laptop model from the brand that you like, anymore. In 2026, you also have to make a critical choice between picking a laptop with 8GB of RAM and 16GB of RAM. This difference, in addition to the processor, will help in determining, the kind of workload a laptop model can handle and ultimately help you pick the right model based on your specific use-case.

Now, a lot of you might say that an 8GB RAM laptop has been the gold standard for anyone buying a laptop. However, in 2026, this landscape has changed dramatically as the landscape has fundamentally shifted. Between Windows 11's heavy footprint, resource-hung...