If your computer isn’t quite fast enough and you’re looking to upgrade check out our list of the best cheap laptops, including the best laptops under $500.This should mean that your PC will be better able to handle its new operating system and you won’t notice too many issues caused by it slowing down thanks to all of its new features. Our advice is to only upgrade to Windows 11 if your device has 8GB or more of RAM, which shouldn’t be a problem for most new machines but might rule out some older ones. While it only demands 4GB of RAM at a minimum this seems incredibly low if you ask us. However, we’d add one slight change to what Microsoft recommends.