I have an 18 core i9 overclocked to a stable 5GHz and 128GB of RAM.
Without fail, every single time I press the Windows key and start typing, the first few letters are dropped.
Without fail, every single time I launch a new Explorer window, the file path has a slow ass green progress bar, my drives (of which I only have 4, and only one is a spinner) are place-holder icons and the available storage icons aren’t there. After very literally 10 seconds or so, Explorer finally looks right.
Meanwhile, Everything search remains blissfully instant, Explorer alternatives such as OneCommander are blazing fast, and even tools like PowerToys search (the one that looks exactly like macOS’s Spotlight search) are fast as hell. I find that one surprising because I’d assume it’s just an alternative GUI for Windows search, but I guess not?
Anyways, the point is, Windows itself isn’t even necessarily the problem (though, yes, it is a mess that I grow less and less able to tolerate). Even Windows’ first party foundational apps are completely broken.
At this point I’ve all but washed my hands of Windows. I just can’t stand it anymore. Life for me from here on out is primarily Apple hardware, as many FOSS apps and services that I can find, and Linux VMs for development.
Im planning on switching my Windows PC over to a NixOS bare metal install, and will run Windows via KVM for the rare moments when I want or need Windows. But even for gaming, which I do far less of nowadays (pretty much Souls games and the odd game of Smash), my PS5 and Switch are more than good enough.
Windows is an absolute train wreck and I have every reason to believe it’s only ever going to get worse, not better. Which sucks because though I prefer the Unix paradigm, there’s still a lot to appreciate about Windows. I wish it weren’t being driven into the ground, but here we are.
Without fail, every single time I press the Windows key and start typing, the first few letters are dropped.
Without fail, every single time I launch a new Explorer window, the file path has a slow ass green progress bar, my drives (of which I only have 4, and only one is a spinner) are place-holder icons and the available storage icons aren’t there. After very literally 10 seconds or so, Explorer finally looks right.
Meanwhile, Everything search remains blissfully instant, Explorer alternatives such as OneCommander are blazing fast, and even tools like PowerToys search (the one that looks exactly like macOS’s Spotlight search) are fast as hell. I find that one surprising because I’d assume it’s just an alternative GUI for Windows search, but I guess not?
Anyways, the point is, Windows itself isn’t even necessarily the problem (though, yes, it is a mess that I grow less and less able to tolerate). Even Windows’ first party foundational apps are completely broken.
At this point I’ve all but washed my hands of Windows. I just can’t stand it anymore. Life for me from here on out is primarily Apple hardware, as many FOSS apps and services that I can find, and Linux VMs for development.
Im planning on switching my Windows PC over to a NixOS bare metal install, and will run Windows via KVM for the rare moments when I want or need Windows. But even for gaming, which I do far less of nowadays (pretty much Souls games and the odd game of Smash), my PS5 and Switch are more than good enough.
Windows is an absolute train wreck and I have every reason to believe it’s only ever going to get worse, not better. Which sucks because though I prefer the Unix paradigm, there’s still a lot to appreciate about Windows. I wish it weren’t being driven into the ground, but here we are.