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Why is Windows so slow?

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337 points kristianp | 4 comments | 19 Dec 11 06:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.829s | source
1. iradik ◴[19 Dec 11 07:44 UTC] No.3368873[source]▶
Hmm.. I've had an opposite experience on an atom netbook. Tried Windows Vista and Ubuntu on a netbook. The Windows netbook worked great while Ubuntu regularly would crash. Ubuntu on the netbook was unusable. Now probably I did something wrong? But just installed the latest version with default settings. Anyway I returned the netbook.
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2. alextingle ◴[19 Dec 11 07:58 UTC] No.3368907[source]▶
Were you running compiles on it??
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3. reledi ◴[19 Dec 11 08:50 UTC] No.3369006[source]▶
The author has an issue with speed, not stability.
4. iradik ◴[19 Dec 11 09:07 UTC] No.3369040[source]▶
No I was running a web browser and a chat program.