you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 52 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The worst way to use Windows is to boot it every once in awhile. It's slow for awhile until all the updates are done installing and downloading. But then people shut it off right away, and next time they open it there's more updates. When I was working at a PC repair shop, we'd get low end laptops that were running really slow. The solution was often to leave it on the bench for a day and let it work through updates.

The best way to use Windows, is of course installing Linux over it.

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I haven't felt that in years, especially with multicore+decent amounts of ram. Windows can update in the background and its not even noticeable anymore (IMO).

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It is on low end hardware. My dual core thinkpad sits at 100% CPU utilization when it does windows updates. IMO this alone makes Windows unusable on that machine. Now it runs Debian flawlessly and I mostly just boot it up to print something on my old HP printer that's been running on the same refilled cartridge for years now. I possess the only good HP printer left in the world I feel like.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment