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Former Microsoft developer says Windows 11's performance is "comically bad," even with monster PC

www.techspot.com Former Microsoft dev says Windows Start menu's performance is "comically bad," even with monster PC

Andy Young, an ex-Microsoft senior software engineer, posted a message on X/Twitter bemoaning that even with his $1,600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM, Windows...

Should just use Linux, tbh.

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No shit!!! We all can see it. I have a laptop that I had to install windows on because Nvidia sucked on Linux. So, I tried 11 and it was godawful. Laptop is pretty beefy actually. Shit lags everywhere
- I've seen lots of people recommend PopOS for NVidia users. I personally haven't tried it yet, but could be worth a shot if you get sick of windows again.
  
  Nobara has been working well on a 3060ti
  
  It'd be a cheaper solution than switching to an AMD card for my gaming pc, which is my current plan. I do want to upgrade from my 2080 anyways, but graphics card are just SO expensive
  
  Same here. My gpu is my bottleneck currently.
  Had the 3060 pre covid, upgrade is like 650 for a 6950xt. Hold on 3060!
  
  Tried that already. Battery sucked badly on it and I can either set the graphics to full Intel (which lags like hell) or go full Nvidia and have 1 hour of battery life. Hybrid mode never worked.
- Pretty much what I said. Never touching an Nvidia product ever until they open source their shit like Intel and AMD. I built my first PC a couple of month ago and went full AMD.
  
  Same, deliberately avoided Nvidia and I've had zero issues
- This is the biggest problem with Linux IMO. If drivers could be universally fixed on Linux to be as easy as or easier than windows and Mac then the competition would have no chance. I can deal with other issues., I can deal with weird glitches, but if I can't even use my devices that's kind of a non-starter.
  It's not that I can't figure out drivers, it's just I don't want to spend 5 hours on it.
  Fair disclosure, I have been traumatized by NDIS wrappers
  
  I'm sure you know this, but it is not linux's fault, it's your device's maker who refuses to make their driver available for Linux.
  
  I get that too.
  Here's a recent example. I've got Kelly installed on a VM and I want to use a Wi-Fi adapter with it. It's a special Wi-Fi adapter that has great reception and some pretty good features. Works well with Linux... Once you go through 20 odd steps to get it installed. It does work.
  PITA. I knew what I was getting into, the online docs we not terrible.
  On the host machine... Dah-ding... Wifi. Fucking done.
  What's needed is a driver deployment infrastructure similar to what Windows has, to remove the pain.
  I have three Linux boxes. Four if you count the VM. I do truly enjoy the OS when it works. The main reason I stick with windows is because if something breaks with it I can consistently fix it very quickly. It feels like everything with Linux is just an extra 10 or 15 steps that I'd rather not be taking.
  On a side note, I have definitely noticed that Windows 11 has some performance issues. It's no joke.
- my school has new lenovo thinkstations in computer classes, and ofc win11 on every machine. students busy having to close teams that pops open every 23 seconds, all those cpu fans blowing at full speed, it's hard to hear the teacher at all.
  
  Fuck teams. Go into its settings and tell it not to start on system boot. You'd have to this every time it gets an update.
  
  it doesn't save settings, the system is loaded from some cloud every time you log in. with default settings. also every time i have to disable mouse acceleration too, which in windows is behind annoyingly many steps.
- The recent nvidia drivers have been good imo

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