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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components

www.windowslatest.com

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RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components

www.windowslatest.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Windows 11 apps like Discord, WhatsApp, and Teams now use 1 to 4GB of RAM because they are web apps and the rising RAM prices make it worse.

Windows Latest discovered Discord and other Chromium and Electron-based applications with high RAM usage
RAM usage spikes from 1GB to 4GB on Discord both in and out of voice chat

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Indeed, and Electron is not specific to Windows

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