Re:The End of Windows
by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday April 02, 2018 @11:05AM
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> I have to run that archlinux/i3wm setup on the x200 to get more data.
Well, it's Linux; unless you're running Gentoo, you can probably just swap the hard drive :-) Unless of course the SSD is an important part of this test.
no you're right, I was just not willing to swap the disks
Re:The End of Windows
by keithpeter on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:28PM
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Caddies same size, so just one screw on each machine and a quick swap.
X220/8Gb/xfce4 runs fine for my modest needs.
At one of my employers they are using Windows 10 for Education. We had some atom based small form factor desktop PCs that worked really nicely with Windows 10 just after the upgrade, but then as great grandparent post says began to become noticebly slower as the weeks and months went by. They have been replaced with i5/8Mb machines now which seem fine.
For the last year I ran a x200 (c2d p8400, passmark 1458) + below average ssd. Win10, almost no cruft, some cortana disabled etc.
It's ok but became worse and worse (regular pointer lag for a minute, pointer lag is very very sad and indicates very low level perf issues)
I don't use full fledged linux Desktops, if at all. I run a bare i3wm + emacs + $browser + mpv setup.
Last week I booted my old x61 (c2d l7500, passmark 967) on old intel 80GB SSD linux machine. I was stunned ..
chromium and firefox are seriously more reactive. They're only slower for graphics/video/intense workloads. emacs and git flies. Everything is tiny and leaner. Even on an older, slower cpu.
It's even mentally easier since I have less things to handle under linux (still too much to my tastes, but windows has so many components and moving pieces..)
I have to run that archlinux/i3wm setup on the x200 to get more data.