2y ago

PC speed gains erased by modern software

hackaday.com Computer Speed Gains Erased By Modern Software

[Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk, and recorded a quick video with it showing how fast this computer can do seemingly simple things, like open default Windows applications including t…

Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.

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The telemetry thing is why I almost always turn that off in every program that has the option to disable it. You can really see the difference in a lot of games, especially online games, with just that 1 thing. It's insane.
- The solution is linux
  
  Intrusive DRM says Hi
  
  Seriously. I have to use windows for now, after coming from linux. Windows just feels slow as fuck.
- It's a shame that intrusive DRM has become the norm for so many games these days.

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