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A decade old PC didn't come with Windows 7, which shipped 17 years ago. It would have windows 10, which shipped 11 years ago, or conceivably 8.1 but I would doubt it. 4gb ram is also too small for that era.

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Yeah the decade old thing is wrong. A Sandy Bridge i3 would have come out in 2011. More like 15 years ago.

I'm guessing this is the laptop they are talking about:

https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/dell-inspiron-14z-...

4GB RAM should have been too small for that era. But there’s still 4GB laptops with windows sold brand new today: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-omnibook-3-laptop-16t-b...

Probably because the AI industry created a memory shortage and they want to keep the price down.

Windows 11, meanwhile, is more bloated than ever.

This isn't an ai caused problem

Yes, it is.

https://www.google.com/search?q=laptops+with+low+memory+spec...

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