Cases of Wirth's law
Cases of Wirth's law
I really enjoy 8.1 and have always found it remarkable. I tested both Developer Preview and Consumer Previews on my Eee PC 1005HA and it performed better than XP and the standard 7 SP1 versions. I moved from 7 to 8.1 on my G3258/HD7950 quickly, and I absolutely loved the start screen—no other start menu could match it in my opinion. I don’t get why so many people disliked it: once you set up your icons as you prefer, you build strong habits. It’s truly one of the finest Windows versions, especially for performance. It was efficient, powerful, and impressively fast.
I've run into problems with Windows 10 and 11 too, but using Total Commander makes everything smooth instantly. It really highlights how slow Windows can be compared to other systems like XP. I also faced similar issues with Windows 3.1 and Vista, though I don't recall any problems with Windows XP.
I never grasped why folks dislike it... It seems designed for touch screens, right? Probably meaning you can still click on it, lol... I'm running Windows 10 with the "portable" menu choices and it feels smooth and quick. You don’t have to hunt around forever to find what you need. I’m also using custom icons for most things. Not saying you’re mistaken just stating I’m confused. It looks great and works well across devices (PS: on some versions you could use the menus with a controller that was near-perfect, almost as impressive as PS3 OS, the goat!) I really can’t understand... I’d appreciate it if people didn’t mind the design even if I love how it functions. P E R F E C T I O N Spoiler (I hate that the tiles aren’t colored anymore wtf)
When it was first launched (using Win8, not 8.1), touchscreen functionality was quite limited at best, and very few users found it useful. They seemed to force people to hide the entire screen with a mouse and keyboard, which is unnecessary. On an ultrawide display, splitting the screen in half works perfectly for multitasking. Covering up what you're doing or watching just to launch another app feels like an unnecessary hassle. It's a small annoyance that shouldn't have existed if it had been made optional from the start.
XP and Vista also included a "blades" option that was impressive—similar to Xbox 360, where you could scroll through open windows in a 3D view and even use an Xbox controller. I haven’t found any videos about this, but it seems to have been quite popular. You can activate the "blades" with the Xbox button, possibly making it exclusive to Xbox controllers.
It will take about three years to resolve the issue... fixes vary. A recent video shows Windows performance, with Windows 11 often lagging. Updated on January 18 by thrasher_565.
I recorded some clips of the OptiPlex 7010 a few months back (with edits attached). The system runs Windows 7 Professional with the Basic theme, an i7-3770 processor, 8 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 32 MB VRAM, paired with a 2 TB Toshiba hard drive. Press Win+E repeatedly and then hold Alt+F4 to play the videos: 1 0001-0164.mp4 and 2 0001-0083.mp4. Do you believe we’ll ever achieve performance similar to this again?