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I don’t need 32GB of RAM, but 16GB isn’t enough anymore — 24GB is the new sweet spot, and Windows OEMs need to catch up

My Surface Laptop 7 is less than a year old, and I'm already hitting the 16GB RAM ceiling. Yet, I can't justify an upgrade to 32GB RAM because I don't need it. I really need 24GB RAM, but that option is fleeting in the Windows laptop space.

Upgrading laptop RAM

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The Surface you know and love (or hate) is dead — Microsoft's Windows hardware enters a new era

We're in a new era of Microsoft's Surface hardware, one that's more mature and less willing to take risks. Gone are the experimental form factors and categories, with the focus now on prioritizing the status quo while pushing Windows forward in other ways.

Surface Laptop 7

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Your Microsoft 365 subscription cost is going up for the first time in 12 years — but don't worry, it now includes a "monthly allotment" of Copilot

Microsoft has announced that it is increasing the price of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions for the first time in 12 years, and is also adding Copilot.

In this photo illustration, the Microsoft company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.

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Microsoft renders Mail & Calendar apps inoperable as it forces users over to the new Outlook on Windows

Microsoft announced last year that it would be retiring the Windows Mail & Calendar apps in favor of the new Outlook at the end of 2024. As of January 1, these apps are no longer functional and will refuse to send or receive any more emails.

The Windows Mail app in Search

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A huge disaster: Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon X Elite devkit just days after first orders arrive, multiple months later than planned

The highly anticipated $900 Snapdragon X Elite developer kit that was first announced on stage at Microsoft's developer conference earlier this year has been canned

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Dev Kit

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