EVEN MICROSOFT COULDN’T MAKE WINDOWS 11 WORK WELL ON 8GB OF RAM

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Di Benedetto / The Verge Last year, Microsoft's 13-inch Surface Laptop quickly became one of my favorite thin-and-light Windows notebooks. At $900, it was easy to recommend to anyone wanting MacBook Air-like build quality and battery life on Windows - I even convinced my sister to buy one on sale. But that was last year.

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The Verge: Di Benedetto / The Verge Last year, Microsoft's 13-inch Surface Laptop quickly became one of my favorite thin-and-light Windows notebooks.
The Verge: At $900, it was easy to recommend to anyone wanting MacBook Air-like build quality and battery life on Windows - I even convinced my sister to buy one on sale.

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Topic: TECH — the feed headline centres on EVEN, MICROSOFT, COULDN, MAKE, WINDOWS.
Original feed: The Verge.
Published: 17 Jul 2026, 14:30 UK.
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