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Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What happened?

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752 points dceddia | 1 comments | 23 Jun 23 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.432s | source
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mydriasis ◴[23 Jun 23 14:49 UTC] No.36447570[source]▶
Not gonna lie, my memory serves me well. I remember using Windows 98 on an old PC, and it was hot garbage. It took generations to boot up, and applications took generations to open. My story is anecdata, but so it this twitter post. These days I have an infinitely snappy experience with desktop linux on an SSD.
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0xbadcafebee ◴[23 Jun 23 20:13 UTC] No.36451675[source]▶
NT kernels were always better than the DOS-based hot garbage of 95, 98, and ME.

Windows 2000 is my all-time favorite Windows OS. NT-based kernel, literally nothing extra, fast, stable. Used it til the day support was finally shuttered.

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1. nullindividual ◴[23 Jun 23 21:17 UTC] No.36452256[source]▶
GDI+ was slower due to the alpha transparency than GDI in NT4.