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Do Microsoft etc see this as an opportunity in disguise perhaps? A problem out of their hands, that's not their fault, that might make people think about upgrad
by have_faith 9y ago
Do Microsoft etc see this as an opportunity in disguise perhaps? A problem out of their hands, that's not their fault, that might make people think about upgrading their machines. And the best bit is that it also effects your competitors.
- mehrdadn 9y agoI was thinking exactly the same thing, but regarding the OS rather than machines. It's their best excuse for making everyone upgrade to Windows 10.
- cm2187 9y agoI don't think Windows runs faster than Windows 7. It's only by forcing people to upgrade their machine that Microsoft will manage to force people to give up 7 for 10.
- mehrdadn 9y ago> I don't think Windows runs faster than Windows 7. They're claiming the opposite: >> With Windows 10 [...] we expect that some users will notice a decrease in system performance. >> With Windows 8 and Windows 7 [...] we expect most users to notice a decrease in system performance. >> Older versions of Windows have a larger performance impact because Windows 7 and Windows 8 have more user-kernel transitions because of legacy design decisions, such as all font rendering taking place in the kernel.
- chrisper 9y agoWindows 10 is faster than Windows 7: >Older versions of Windows have a larger performance impact because Windows 7 and Windows 8 have more user-kernel transitions because of legacy design decisions, such as all font rendering taking place in the kernel. From: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/01/09/understanding-the-performance-impact-of-spectre-and-meltdown-mitigations-on-windows-systems/ https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/01/09/...
- tomsmeding 9y agoFont rendering taking place in the kernel does indeed look quite like a legacy design decision.
- cremno 9y agoIt's also kinda ironic because improved performance was the reason behind that decision.
- mehrdadn 9y agoTo be honest it might still have better performance if/when they add more mitigations for more security vulnerabilities. It seems like an anomaly right now since they're only addressing Meltdown/Spectre, but the core issues (no pun intended) are fundamentally there.