Nov 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM EST

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The problem is performance... requiring a web browser to draw a UI takes a LOT of CPU and memory, and not all devices have enough power to deliver a smooth experience across all potential workloads.

I worry that every year we keep increasing our processing requirements and bloat without good reason for it.

Why should every Windows release require a faster and faster CPU, and more and more RAM?

The recommended amount of memory for Windows 95 was 8 megabytes, and for Windows 11 it is 8 gigabytes. Why is this not horrifying?

My small Linux system with openbox GUI barely cracks 100MB memory usage in 2025.

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