Are you arguing that Microsoft didn't make a leaner OS because ... BSD. Are you arguing that BSD isn't lean? They aren't even comparable in what they do, nor their resource requirements.
> Microsoft has been skimming processing power for year through spying and it's just that simple.
PP seems to be suggesting that breaking up MS would have somehow resulted in improved OS and application performance and better privacy, but that seems unlikely when we consider how most other platforms have evolved.
Every window on my system moves what feels like instantaneously. Nothing feels slow on my machine at all. It literally couldn't feel more responsive and my machine is an i5 that is getting rather long in tooth.
It is the old you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.
Microsoft epitomizes the shitty aspects of monopoly. Everyone use to understand this before the Bill Gates influence campaign to revamp his image from that of Darth Vader.
I despise Windows telemetry, advertising, and bloat, but I've also noticed how macOS and Ubuntu (for example) are becoming ever larger and slower.