Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)

Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by andai on Thursday December 19, 2019 @04:55AM (#21833455)

Very satisfying to read about the new start menu. Every year or two I'll wonder how things are in Windows land, install a fresh copy of Windows 10, open the start menu and wait. Oh, there it is!

This is one of the things that made me ditch Windows when it came out, but I was pretty sure they would have fixed it now. Now I'm convinced Windows 10 is part of an authoritarian experiment in getting populations to gradually submit to a worse quality of life.

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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by kaybe on Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:37AM (#21833995)

I have been told I have to update my Windows 7 system at work starting next year and I'm already dreading it. Too much software is Windows-only to switch to something else.

Privately it was so easy to ditch. (Still have it on dual-boot, rarely use it and so every 2-3 times it needs to update for long minutes while I wait. Meanwhile Mint updates the kernel during operation while I barely notice at all.)

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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by andai on Thursday December 19, 2019 @02:35PM (#21838378)

I heard you can get security updates til 2023 with some registry tinkering, but for your work computer it might not be worth the social consequences.

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