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Re:Where did my 256 GB go? Mobile storage Analysis [pdf] by dspillett on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:17PM (#27636382)
Worse is Calculator. Why does that app that simple take a noticeable (small, but not instant) delay to open on a pretty decent machine?

(also why is everyone so needy these days, to the point of a simple OS-built-in calculator app asking for a rating?)

Re:Where did my 256 GB go? Mobile storage Analysis [pdf] by Nextgrid on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:37PM (#27636587)
> why is everyone so needy these days, to the point of a simple OS-built-in calculator app asking for a rating

Some oxygen waster's salary and career is tied to these metrics.

Re:Where did my 256 GB go? Mobile storage Analysis [pdf] by nine_k on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:02AM (#27642446)
I bet the calculatory functionality is small enough to load instantly.

I suspect that it's he heavyweight GUI library that takes a lot of time to initialize.

Re:Where did my 256 GB go? Mobile storage Analysis [pdf] by hulitu on Saturday June 26, 2021 @12:46PM (#27643440)
Filling rectangles is hard in windows 10. They shall use BGI, it's faster.