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Nah the biggest jump in performance by far was SSDs. It was a huge step so software had no chance to "catch up" initially.


It's happening, Windows gets slower every year to adapt to SSDs.


tinfoil hat on.

I think Microsoft is making windows slow to prepare people for when they move everything on your computer to their cloud.

tinfoil hat off.


That's Wirth's law moved to a conspiracy theory level.




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