> We had done an initial batch of Dell Pro 16 laptops and with 16gb of ram + the 255h (now 258v) it's over $1100 a laptop. Only problem is... they need 32gb of RAM on Windows 11. We were seeing average 88% memory usage for our G&A team at 16gb.
Is that really much different than macOS? Checking my 32gb Mac Mini now, I'm sitting at 84% memory usage with just browsers, chat apps, some RDP/terminal windows, Mail and Apple Music open.
I'd also note that Dell does sell Qualcomm laptops - I've got a 12-core/32gb Dell Qualcomm as my work PC - every piece of software I use for work is now native ARM64 and I've got no complaints about performance/functionality.
How much is cached files? That is one thing I always note on Apple, typically I sit around 6-8gb of cached files.
For windows specifically cached memory looks very similar to unused memory so when someone is complaining about "windows is using all my memory" it's very unlikely to be caused by caches.
https://softwareg.com.au/cdn/shop/articles/Windows-11-RAM-ty...
4.3GB... which seems roughly similar to my 32GB Windows PC - it's sitting at 89% memory use with 3.5GB cached.