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The same trend can be seen with linux distributions. A lot is surely down to composited window management. There's also things that we didn't run as services
by dm319 6y ago
The same trend can be seen with linux distributions. A lot is surely down to composited window management. There's also things that we didn't run as services back in Windows 98 days - network capabilities, bluetooth, low power states, file hashing for quick search, assistants and other ways of rapidly finding and launching programs, auto updates, telemetry, automatic mounting of connected devices.
EDIT: and in the case of Windows 10, adverts/trialware and their associated animations.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago> A lot is surely down to composited window management ....how? That's handled on the GPU, and by GPU standards it's a nothing task.
- dm319 6y agoThat's an interesting point, but there was certainly an increase in CPU usage with the switch from gnome 2 to unity and gnome 3, even though they were GPU accelerated. I guess CPU is still needed.