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Why is Windows so slow?

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337 points kristianp | 2 comments | 19 Dec 11 06:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source
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jstclair ◴[19 Dec 11 07:48 UTC] No.3368887[source]▶
Wow, so if you want to test file system speeds, you do it by listing files - I know this just an example, but perhaps it has something to do with the speed of the terminal?

There are a plethora of disk benchmarking tools - I doubt that they consistently show 40x differences.

Hooves -> horses, and all that.

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1. vacri ◴[19 Dec 11 07:51 UTC] No.3368895[source]▶
There is indeed marked differences between unix terminals - xterm is blazingly fast. Do the same test the author did with xterm and with another terminal and you'll see significant differences. cmd may just be a slow terminal masking actual windows speed.
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2. vacri ◴[20 Dec 11 03:27 UTC] No.3372178[source]▶
I will never, ever understand the downmodding on this site. There is no particular opinion in this statement - it's an informative statement that the speed of your terminal can matter. I find it strange that on a site claiming to be for hackers that a fairly opinion-free comment on terminal speed differences gets downmodded.

It's hard to keep a thick skin about having your voice diminished when even your informative, unopinionated stuff gets shut down.