# Windows 11 Boots on Record-Breaking 128MB of RAM

November 3, 2026 at 01:33 PM

> Developer NTDEV demonstrates Windows 11 running on just 128MB of RAM, bypassing Microsoft's official 4GB minimum hardware requirement.

**NTDEV**, the developer of the **Tiny11** project, recently demonstrated **Windows 11** 26H2 booting on a system with just 128MB of RAM. A YouTube video shows the OS loading the Desktop, File Explorer, and Start menu, while successfully running the Notepad application.

This experiment utilizes only 3.125% of **Microsoft**'s official 4GB minimum RAM requirement. It follows a 2023 test where NTDEV ran the OS on 176MB using an IDE interface. Additionally, a new 699MB **Pico11** ISO was created to run apps like Paint and Calculator.

The project highlights extreme OS optimization by bypassing standard hardware limitations. While the Pico11 build used 883MB of RAM during virtual machine testing, these experiments prove Windows 11 can function far below its recommended technical specifications.


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