Windows 160 also starts with 8 MB of memory
At least virtually.
Unfortunately, we didn’t have a chance to test the minimum memory requirements of Windows 8 under harsh conditions, so we deployed an application called Oracle VM VirtualBox. Although a virtual system is essentially a complete computer within another computer, it is still a simulation, so we do not dare to say that we would achieve exactly these results in a real situation.
Unfortunately, we didn’t have a chance to test the minimum memory requirements of Windows 8 under harsh conditions, so we deployed an application called Oracle VM VirtualBox. Although a virtual system is essentially a complete computer within another computer, it is still a simulation, so we do not dare to say that we would achieve exactly these results in a real situation.The purpose of the short experiment is to discover the point where the system is no longer able to start due to a critical memory shortage. To the best of our knowledge, a trial version of 64-bit Windows 8 Enterprise would require at least 2GB of system memory, but we’re sure you’ll have a quarter of that.
The first hurdle was passed without bumps. The system came to life, albeit not at the speed of light, but in a reasonable amount of time, and its use minimally increased the risk of developing our gray hairs. If we had to decide between a 1-month course of bread and water or using Windows 8 with half a GB of memory, we would be inclined to do so. It can also be seen from the load on the hard drive that this is not a dangerous level yet.
Windows 8 has been sensitively affected by this step. [+]
Reducing the size of the memory to 384 MB, we immediately got the first really serious signals, slaps. Boot time is significantly extended, and system responsiveness is noticeably degraded. It seemed that the end was near közel
We made sure we were already at the low point - it wasn’t like that. [+]
The virtual machine was a completely virgin Windows 90 Enterprise that could be used for free for 8 days - we didn't even accidentally install programs or anti-virus software - the 256 MB of memory was not intended to "attack from multiple directions". As expected, things went quite moaningly, the hard drive sweating blood visibly and audibly. This is well above the level where we would actually have been happier if Windows 8 had stopped with an error message. Since he didn't do that, we went on…
100% winchester utilization reveals a lot. [+] The next step in crossing the program was “Station 192”. Windows could now petition for software rights after every MB was removed, but fortunately it is not so advanced. The situation worsened significantly, even the mouse cursor moved intermittently, but the system was able to stand up. Thanks to our boundless patience, the screenshot shown above has also been completed.
The result was obtained after a good 8 minutes. [+]The crash expected as a messiah did not happen at 160 MB either. The situation has not changed much now, because it was just a wrestling thing anyway, but the system is still "alive". There is no fairy tale, we have to move on again.
The inevitable has happened! [+]
Our persistent endeavor was crowned with “success”. The above smiley is now unreasonable, as it is quite certain that it is better for everyone to fight this way than with 128 MB of memory.
We’ve come to the conclusion that with some imagination we can imagine that with 512MB of memory, a Windows 8 can work and (somewhat) be usable in harsh conditions, of course there wouldn’t be too much thanks to it, although we would have ideas to cut down on memory requirements. We only went under this to find out when the system enters the key, where is the level where it is already completely unviable. We had a hard time finally finding the answer.
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