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Why does Windows 11 feel slow when compared to older versions like Win 7 or Win 10?

Why does Windows 11 feel slow when compared to older versions like Win 7 or Win 10?

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_MrJunior
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05-21-2026, 05:13 AM
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And there are tons of tiny new laptops using Athlon, Pentium Silver, or Celeron chips that aren't as strong as a Core i5 6500 and they all run Windows 11. They work slowly because their power is limited. The minimum system needs haven't changed much since Vista, which is still just one gigahertz processor with a few gigabytes of RAM to handle all the programs and services that keep growing over time. The rest are just extra features not related to how fast things go, like having many powerful graphics cards back when they were low-end versions.
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_MrJunior
05-21-2026, 05:13 AM #21

And there are tons of tiny new laptops using Athlon, Pentium Silver, or Celeron chips that aren't as strong as a Core i5 6500 and they all run Windows 11. They work slowly because their power is limited. The minimum system needs haven't changed much since Vista, which is still just one gigahertz processor with a few gigabytes of RAM to handle all the programs and services that keep growing over time. The rest are just extra features not related to how fast things go, like having many powerful graphics cards back when they were low-end versions.

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