Try creating a lot of small files, even microsofts own antivirus (which seems to be the most light weight of the anti virus alternatives) adds significant overh

Try creating a lot of small files, even microsofts own antivirus (which seems to be the most light weight of the anti virus alternatives) adds significant overhead. I know its not a simple problem, but since most large repos contain a lot of small files this does create a negative "workstation os" image for windows in my mind.