Thanks for the follow-up...1.5GB is amazing!
When I got my ASUS Zenbook, it was running Win8 at only 20% (1.6GB).
Now, Win11 boots up w/memory usage at 65% (5GB) of my 8GB.
Or run windows 11 with 16GB. Cheap on ebay these days. I would go above to 20gb 24 or 32 ...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/389735303343
or
https://www.ebay.com/itm/177957292142
or
https://www.ebay.com/itm/389735305125
https://www.ebay.com/itm/187395463673
Even less for 15.6” or 16” laptops