> Why do modern OSes need so much power and RAM anyway?
replyBecause code writers are lazy and prefer to use 20 levels of abstraction or a 5MB library for a simple function.
Code writers are promoted for features and fired for not working fast enough.
replyWindows 11 can run many more different UI toolkits, all jumbled together. It has more graphical effects in there. It has so much telemetry and Microsoft Defender will never-ever give up and will inspect everything, all the time.
replyI honestly think this is a difficult and fascinating question. This is like the dark energy of software cosmology. Why is the natural state to get larger and more complex for un-proportionate pleasure of use?
replyLargely, I think, because devs are given too powerful computers. It's easier for companies to "fix" or preemptively had off performance bugs by giving developers high-end computers than to spend extra development time truly fixing them.
replyBecause they’re a bunch of perverts and want to know every button you clicked.
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