Just a week ago, we discussed Microsoft's efforts to enhance File Explorer performance by preloading the application at startup. Recent testing by Windows Latest suggests that this approach results in diminishing returns, as the application uses more RAM while offering only marginal performance impr...
  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    391·
    3 months ago

    This is one area where I will agree with MS. 32 MB extra RAM consumption is worth it for even a moderate speed boost.

    That being said, the vast majority of modern applications run like shit. You have electron apps which are comically terrible in their performance metrics, but even beyond that you often have apps takeing up 100s of MBs and eating up a stupid amount of RAM considering what they do.

    • IonTempted@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      It might be one of those placebo feelings, but I think my PC is running slightly worse and I’m working on a video right now I need to edit with Premiere so I’m thinking of formatting my PC, I haven’t done so in many years.

      • Axolotl@feddit.itEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        If you are not forced to use premiere then use Davinci resolve and if you think it’s good and still worried about performance you might want to try Linux. Though you should do it only if not satisfied with your current system

        • orclev@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Resolve has some quirks on Linux. In particular it doesn’t support certain codecs.

          • Axolotl@feddit.itEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            Really? I never heard of it but at the same time i didn’t really used it

    • BrightCandle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Making desktop applications has become a nightmare in anything but C or C# and that isn’t exactly a language people really want to be programming in these days. That is a big part of the problem there aren’t good GUI bindings for a lot of languages and most programmers nowadays have been building websites and working with GUI APIs is a huge step back.

      Everyone is preferring server/web solutions now as its easier to charge customers for it and keep it up to date and the knock on consequence is desktop app support isn’t great or considered important.

    • Codilingus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      I used to be an xlite fan, but have since discovered 11 IoT Enterprise LSTC. massgrave.dev

      Same idea of bullshit free, but more stable and straight from M$, themselves. Defender and Edge ONLY.

      Then install StartAllBack on top of that. Everything feels sane, and snappy and back to sanity.

      • nullroot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        I did windows 10 ltsc for a very long time but I dropped eventually because I was tired of having issues with my video card and random unexplained crashes with vague event viewer info they no one had find reliable fixes to. Mass grave seems super nifty though, saving that link, maybe I give 11 iot a try but I’m feeling pretty burnt

    • nullroot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I love/hate their website. It reminds me of early 00 warez sites, but, as you say and testers report, it does a good job debloating and speeding things up. I’m so fed up with windows at this point I’m not sure a slimmed down and or privacy focused windows install will cut it. I’m this close to taking the dive and going to daily driving Linux.

      • Codilingus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        See my comment above yours, its really such a refreshing Windows experience, it feels like the good old days.

  • Obama's Gaze@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Windows is such a RAM bomb and they’re automatically installing new versions on machines with 4GB soldered unupgradable RAM, bleak