Based on the tone of when it was introduced in the article, I would say that the author means that Windows has a lot of stuff running on a normal install that i

Based on the tone of when it was introduced in the article, I would say that the author means that Windows has a lot of stuff running on a normal install that is unnecessary and entirely fragmented both in location of files and in location of configurations. One thing that keeps me somewhat sane in windows are those heroes who spend hundreds of hours figuring out what each system service does, whether it’s needed, and how to disable it if it’s not.