Describe "0 free memory". When I say it is 100%, I am literally looking at Outlook, Windows services, and Excel taking almost 16GB by themselves. This is not cached memory model of the Linux and MacOS where free RAM is reserved for caching. At 16GB, the "cached memory" on my Windows machine is disk swap as I can see the disk activity.

I am not searching through this forum just because you can't be bothered to retype or paste a link. Also I have to read your mind to determine which of your posts apply? That's a no.

There are lots of things that could be removed from Windows that are unnecessary; however, MS makes it more difficult with each new update and patch. Removing them for the performance is such a hassle that few do it. For example, I don’t have an Xbox but MS deems it that I must have Xbox Gaming installed with each major update. It used to be that you could uninstall it. Now you can remove it but it really is not uninstalled as components still exist; for example all the modules that connect to the Xbox gaming servers still are present.

There are all sorts of service running that do not to be. I don’t have a touch screen yet all components for it cannot be removed. My machine is a desktop not a laptop yet airplane mode exists and cannot be removed. I know because one day it was triggered somehow and I was off the Internet until I rebooted and reset everything.

Again, security researchers could wait until quantum computers have broken 1024 bit RSA before working on countermeasures. Or they could start planning now. I would prefer if they started now.

I have a Windows 11 machine with 16GB. I can say 16GB is not enough as Windows itself is such a bloated mess.

It may be a while before the Neo has one as it uses an iPhone chip that was not designed to work with Thunderbolt. Not the Neo 2 but maybe the Neo 3 will have Thunderbolt.

Apple designs their own chips. For the Neo, they repurposed an iPhone chip.

I have a 16GB work laptop and it is constantly near 100% between Windows, Outlook, and Excel. If I open a browser, it is definitely at 100%.

Oh Windows 11 is fine to have all of these running at the same time; using them at the same time is the problem. Switching between them is a constant issue for me. Want to switch back and forth between an email and a spreadsheet? There is a noticeable lag and pause. I can’t refer to an email the start typing in a cell immediately. And I have 16GB and it is constantly 100% used between Windows and Office.

For budget laptops, their screens are generally dimmer than more expensive models. OLED itself is generally dimmer than LED though.

Have you looked at DDR5 and SSD prices recently? Cheap and lots of RAM or storage are conflicting conditions right now. Laptop manufacturers are not "allowed" to do this as much as they have no choice at the moment. But you are allowed to buy more RAM and storage in a laptop; do not expect it to be cheap.

According to whom? The Neo is a terrible machine to run anything memory intensive like 4K video editing full time. But that is not designed primarily to do. It was made for the average consumer like students to handle everyday computing like web surfing. Every review I have read say the 8GB is fine for these tasks.

Wow you recall a specific percentage well over half a century ago? Pray tell do you remember the name of the textbook and the edition or is that lost to time?

How does Iran terrorize the world? You're repeating propaganda.

Also "poorly implemented" and "deceptively advertised". It was originally on by default and was advertised as being secure by being "encrypted" but "encrypted" only meant Windows Bitlocker if the user turned it on; however, Bitlocker only prevents the data being read if the drive was removed from the system. The files themselves were not protected against being read by other processes or users. After many complaints, Windows relented with Recall being optional and implemented actual file encryption.

For security, some people prepare in advance of threats instead of reacting to them when they arrive. 1024 bit RSA was implemented around 1999 as the standard. It was recommended around 2010 that 2048 bit replace it. 1024 bit had not been factored yet but 768 bit had been. The current threat to cryptographic systems right now is quantum computing. Moving to more secure algorithms before they are all cracked seems like the prudent thing to do.