Can't help but feel a bit of vindication/validation after reading this. I've commented on the declining quality of Apple hardware and software, and switching t

Can't help but feel a bit of vindication/validation after reading this. I've commented on the declining quality of Apple hardware and software, and switching to Windows 10 + WSL, several times on other posts. Like OP, this isn't a perfect experience. It felt like it was a very balanced treatment of the issues. There are still issues, for sure... but it's definitely passable, and improving. (At least for me.) As far as the slow I/O performance, I believe the heart of this is Windows Defender live scanning the FS where each WSL environment resides. If you exclude those in Defender, you see a significant increase in I/O performance. Side note: I wonder if Apple is observing this trend at all, and/or if they even care? They give lip service to the idea that they care about the Mac still... but the experience is still lackluster.