Windows is just slow as molasses, and it's not getting any faster over time either. Even the Windows XP desktop, which came out in the early 2000s is actually

Windows is just slow as molasses, and it's not getting any faster over time either. Even the Windows XP desktop, which came out in the early 2000s is actually slower than a lightweight Linux install from the present day. (For that matter, the snappy experience I get while running a super light Linux desktop on modern hardware is unlike anything else I'd ever experienced on x86-like hardware running a modern-day OS. It's too bad that Windows is nowhere close to matching it - I think most people these days just have no clue what they're missing. And it's not like recent mac-OS versions are all that better.)