The main thing I hate about Windows (and this applies to Linux, Apple, etc.) is that with each version it gets larger and larger and larger and takes longer and longer and longer to do anything.
No one does optimized coding anymore. The consumer has bought into the idea that you need a faster computer every time you upgrade your OS.
With every enhancement to an OS comes slower performance. The main OS loop for all of these keeps getting bigger and bigger with each release.
They are all lazy about how they code and its getting worse. They pretty much no longer use assembly code and are moving away from C. These are two of the fastest programming languages. Assembly code is basically raw CPU code formatted so a human can easily read it. It’s the fastest you can use. If Windows was built with 100% assembly code, it could run perhaps 10-50 times faster than it does.
This problem is only going to get worse as programming languages keep getting slower and slower. No one likes to program in assembly language or C anymore, they like things like C# and java, which are memory hogs and very slow programming languages.
When I boot up my machine, all I need the OS loop to do is operate the mouse, the screen, the speakers, the drives connected, and run the app I select from the GUI. That’s it. Everything else that is OS oriented should be loaded by the app, not preloaded by the OS. If you want certain OS elements to be preloaded, that should be an option only. Linux is close to being like that, but not a real consumer product in my opinion. It’s for computer geeks.
I’m not happy with any of the operating systems out there. Linux has just a tiny bit of software, Apple’s stuff only runs on pricey proprietary machines, Windows has the most software and runs on more systems. Because there is flat out more software and more hardware that runs on Windows than any other platform they will continue to dominate the scene for a long time. Only geeks buy Linux. My local store doesn’t carry anything for Linux at all. Not 1 single piece of software. And next to nothing for Apple. It’s 90% Windows products. That’s reality and it’s been that way for a long time and I don’t see any changes coming any time soon. Linux has been around a long time and still only computer geeks use it. Windows is THE OS whether you hate it or not.
You may remember me as 69Ron. I was suspended years ago for selling bunk products under false pretenses. I try to sneak back from time to time under different names, but unfortunately, the moderators of the DMT-Nexus are infinitely smarter than I am.
If you see me at the waterpark, please say hello. I'll be the delusional 50 something in the American flag Speedo, oiling up his monster guns while responding to imaginary requests for selfies from invisible teenage girls.