In the long arc of computing, the text editor has stood as one of software's most humble and universal tools — a thing that simply works, on nearly anything, for nearly anyone. Microsoft's confirmation that its built-in Windows 11 editor demands unexpectedly high system resources quietly disrupts that assumption, raising a question older than any operating system: when a utility outgrows the people it was meant to serve, has it ceased to be a utility at all?
Microsoft Acknowledges Windows 11 Editor's Demanding System Requirements
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