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Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

Hacker News · history · fact-check: pass
SummaryClaude Desktop performance critique (1.8GB VM overhead) surfacing in dev community—relevant to AI/agentic builders evaluating tool efficiency.
47 → 403 points · peak 403 · 5 observations
Posted on X · 2026-06-11Claude Desktop spins up a 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on launch—even if you're just typing a chat message. That's the entire overhead budget for a reasonable local model, spent before you've done any work.