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I guess I was specifically curious about the "underlying guts" comment. Things like adding a windows store + apps seem more like bolt-on additions rather than
by jpmattia 10y ago
I guess I was specifically curious about the "underlying guts" comment. Things like adding a windows store + apps seem more like bolt-on additions rather than improvements in the underlying core OS.
- douche 10y agoIn my experience, Windows 8 & 10 boot faster, are more stable, and use less memory. I was able to install and run Windows 8.1 on a eeePC 901 that could just barely handle a severely stripped down version of XP when I bought it. There's some other nice things, like finally being able to mount ISOs natively without DaemonTools.
- leviathant 10y agoA few examples that come to mind: The task manager got better. Copying multiple files is handled better, as is the dialogue box you see while that's going on. Window snapping (Win+arrow keys) is pretty great - there were a few other nice Win-key combos that got introduced that I don't really use, related to projectors and multi-screen stuff. The wifi code's better. I believe Windows 8 introduced the ability to natively mount ISOs.
- contextfree 10y agoAdding a store/apps does require core changes though - those apps need to be sandboxed, suspended, etc. which needs kernel support.