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This is it exactly. Opening up file explorer in windows can sometimes take 1-2 seconds from click to window usable. or worse, context menu on a file can also ta

This is it exactly. Opening up file explorer in windows can sometimes take 1-2 seconds from click to window usable. or worse, context menu on a file can also take multi-seconds. It's absolutely amazing. Still, it could be worse, at least desktop environments aren't as bad as the mobile world where it seems like everything has to have a transition and animation.

BirAdam 4y ago
In some old computers, the OS was simple and on ROM and responded/loaded immediately. An upgrade just meant you swapped the ROM chip. HDDs and FDDs were then just for user data or application programs.