Microsoft Confirms 20% Faster Windows 11 Experience, 8 GB Systems Also Run Better

Microsoft is making its long-promised Windows 11 changes official! Today, the company confirmed that Windows 11 is finally getting a responsiveness improvement, up to 20% more noticeable than the older Windows experience. In footnotes, Microsoft states that the company compared response times across Search, Start, Settings, Snipping Tool, File Explorer, Microsoft 365, and right-clicking on applications and functions across the operating system. Compared to the older Windows 11 build 26200.7628, the newest Windows 11 build 26300.9550 offers up to a 20% faster, noticeable improvement in response time. Microsoft has spent months of engineering work optimizing this behavior, and we are finally seeing a concrete figure that will help get Windows 11 to where Microsoft promised months ago.

Additionally, Microsoft has stated in the past that 8 GB systems will receive a significant set of optimizations to ensure that millions of users across the Windows ecosystem continue to have a smooth…