It is sadly true. There is cruft accumulating on the OS. Of course with Sandboxie and the likes it is becoming easier to keep your windows install in mint fresh

It is sadly true. There is cruft accumulating on the OS. Of course with Sandboxie and the likes it is becoming easier to keep your windows install in mint fresh condition. The problem with Windows is usually third party crapware that people always install. Or comes preinstalled by the vendor. If you keep that in check you could last a long time before doing a re install. But most non tech savy users ... have trouble with that. Malware is getting more and more sophisticated in its ability to trick person to install it.