AIHacker News3 days ago
Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB VM on every launch
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Claude Desktop on Windows launches a Hyper-V virtual machine consuming 1.8 GB of RAM on every startup, even when users only need chat functionality. The VM spawns automatically after using Cowork or agent mode once. On a 16 GB laptop, this represents over 11 percent of total memory for unused infrastructure.
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