Agreed on you with everything here That being said if you run something like Win10 LTSC (basically super stripped down win10 with no tracking and crapware) and

Agreed on you with everything here That being said if you run something like Win10 LTSC (basically super stripped down win10 with no tracking and crapware) and turn off all window animations / shadows / etc you might be very surprised - it is snappy as hell. With a modern SSD stuff launches instantly and it is a totally different experience.