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Still, if an OS cannot deal with me having a platter disk, it is SLOW (regarding file system access). Windows is the same, slooooooow. Linux is seriously fast
by thejdude 12y ago
Still, if an OS cannot deal with me having a platter disk, it is SLOW (regarding file system access).
Windows is the same, slooooooow. Linux is seriously fast even with a HDD.
Of course, my next PC (whenever I'm gonna need one) will have an SSD, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't optimize "disk" access or filesystem speed in an OS.