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Making OS's more secure definitely slowed them down. I remember that there was a noticeable difference between a fresh install of Windows XP and an installation
by magpi3 2y ago
Making OS's more secure definitely slowed them down. I remember that there was a noticeable difference between a fresh install of Windows XP and an installation that had been uploaded with the latest service packs after everyone became aware of just how vulnerable the OS was to attacks.
- booi 2y agoAFAIK this isn’t because of the security updates but because the filesystem becomes fragmented and spinning disk is awful at random seek. Defrag helps a little but nothing like having big files laid out contiguously.