Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance is "comically bad,"

Re:Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance ... by sawsann on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @05:04AM (#40129968)

I've been using Linux for my personal laptops for years but I've always ran Windows for my work PCs for software compatibility reasons if nothing else.

But these last few years, Windows is just getting so bad I'm thinking I'll put Linux on my main work PCs even.

My plan is to get a basic laptop with Windows 11 on it and just run any Windows-only stuff I need on that, and keep it near my work PC throughout the day. So if there's anything stupid I need Windows for, I can just open up the laptop, do whatever needs to be done on that, transfer the files back over to my work PC and carry on my merry way.

Will that be a slight annoyance? Yeah it will.

But not quite as annoying as Windows has gotten.

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Re:Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance ... by sovietmudkipz on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @06:05AM (#40130254)

I’d recommend setting up the laptop to accept RDP connections so you don’t have the added friction of physically opening a laptop nor the burden of having the laptop occupy space somewhere within reach when you are required to do the windows specific work.

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Re:Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance ... by sharpshadow on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @05:17AM (#40130041)

Absolutely you could also remote desktop into your Windows maschine with power over ethernet.

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Re:Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance ... by Novosell on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @06:38AM (#40130352)

Do you mean wake on LAN? PoE is to entirely power a device over Ethernet.

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Re:Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance ... by sharpshadow on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:16PM (#40134436)

Yes excuse me I meant Wake on Lan.

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