Lots of iGPUs just end up being backed by system memory. But even then, this is a ridiculous hand wavy excuse. A 4000x2000 RGBA buffer is 32MB. That only explains 2.7% of the weather app's devastating memory footprint.
They don't want you to remember that Windows XP's minimum system requirements specified 64MB of RAM. This weather app uses 20 times more memory than an entire operating system from 25 years ago.
They don't want you to remember that Windows XP's minimum system requirements specified 64MB of RAM. This weather app uses 20 times more memory than an entire operating system from 25 years ago.