"Perform", for whom? I'm sure it's performing much better than XP as far as M$ is concerned... One shouldn't look to M$ for a performant computer in general.

"Perform", for whom? I'm sure it's performing much better than XP as far as M$ is concerned... One shouldn't look to M$ for a performant computer in general. The black box nature makes it largely untunable, and it's top priority will always be to provide maximum benefit to M$, not to the user...