Microsoft's Windows 10 licensing fees forces manufacturer to ship with less RAM

&gt; Microsoft’s new license fee formula and the demands from the computer vendors have forced DRAM manufacturers to make plans to restart production of 2GB modules, which were originally destined to be phased out.<p>This is ridiculous.

&gt; Microsoft for the first time calculates its OS license fee based on a device’s display size, memory capacity and HDD&#x2F;SDD storage capacity. The formula also factors in device type and will be different for tablets, notebooks and desktops.<p>This feels quite strange. The OS itself is the same in all cases, isn&#x27;t it? So just make them pay different amount because &quot;we can&quot;?

Less demand for memory means memory prices go down. Thank you Microsoft!