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You're right that Windows 10 is "generally okay" on an old CPU, even for relatively heavy dev work. But I just upgraded from i7-3770k to i9-12900k and it made m
by howdydoo 5y ago
You're right that Windows 10 is "generally okay" on an old CPU, even for relatively heavy dev work. But I just upgraded from i7-3770k to i9-12900k and it made me realize how much time I spent _waiting_ for every little thing. I've been switching back and forth between the two as I migrate, and the old CPU definitely feels like a dog to me now.
Aside: I was planning to switch to Linux too, but apparently this CPU/chipset is "too new" for Ubuntu to work, so I'm stuck on Windows for a few more months.
- selfhifive 5y agoRunning Windows 10 on anything other than an i7 and SSD setup is a nightmare.
- alisonkisk 5y agoHow can you switch back and forth? At you using a whole different computer, including motherboard, RAM, and disk? i7 to i9 isn't an age thing. The i9 costs almost double the i7 within a single release year. And the slowness in compiliation isn't a Windows thing, it's a heavy workload thing. Windows is slow because of IO, not CPU speed.
- Delk 5y agoNo doubt things are snappier on a present-day i9 than on an i7 from nearly a decade ago. It's also true that it's easy to get used to things and not see e.g. gradual degradation of performance with new and heavier software revisions. I was mostly interested in the perceived differences between Windows 10 and present-day mainstream Linux desktops because I don't generally feel a great difference between those.