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Title: Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
Post by: Redaktion on August 09, 2026, 15:51:01

A new report shows Windows 11's built-in Weather app can consume more than 1 GB of RAM. By comparison, Apple's native Weather app on macOS uses roughly five times less memory under similar conditions.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-11-s-built-in-Weather-app-wastes-more-than-1-GB-of-RAM.1364205.0.html

Title: Re: Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
Post by: paullll on August 09, 2026, 17:26:00

Ah the joys of unnecessarily wrapping all apps in chromium container, thank you Microsoft

Title: Re: Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
Post by: Steve S. on August 09, 2026, 19:26:37

The fact that a "good" weather app "only" consumes 250MB of memory says a lot as well.

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