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Not only do I remember 20 years ago but I collect vintage hardware and I run Windows 2000 on several Pentium III machines. It's faster on that old hardware than
by ralphc 5y ago
Not only do I remember 20 years ago but I collect vintage hardware and I run Windows 2000 on several Pentium III machines. It's faster on that old hardware than windows 10 on my i7's. File explorer is especially a culprit here, office applications a close second, back then it just does what it needs to do, and does it efficiently. What the hell does Windows 10 and 11 do in explorer I don't know but there's a lot of bloat.
- lproven 5y agoAs a Windows early-adopter — v2.01 — and a user for over 30 years at this point (which incidentally is precisely why I avoid it these days, run & work in Linux and am always investigating alternatives), Windows 2000 was my favourite version of all time. But the NT 4 desktop, before the bloated sluggish abomination of Active Desktop™®, was the high point. And NT 4 was significantly more sluggish than NT 3.51, despite the mistake of moving the GDI into the kernel in an attempt to improve performance. 2K with Active Desktop removed would be ideal, but I don't think it's possible.