On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, David C. Rankin wrote:
The #1 reason for perceived slow desktop response is, and has always been, correct graphic driver installation. Even the latest, greatest, gee-whiz ATI or Nvida $900 scorcher gives slow response time with a generic frame-buffer driver.
Always check correct driver installation.
Right. I just think it cannot be expected of any user to go beyond the correct driver, and also to specify any correct settings or peculiar options that the driver does not set itself. That should be the driver's job, you know. It knows the chipset. Currently I am on Windows 10. It is blazing fast, on this same laptop. Animations are wickedly fast (they were also designed that way) and load times are very low, perceived load time is also lower because it seems MS Windows loads applications in stages, you get to see the window quite soon even when other stuff is still loading. Notepad execution is just instant, Wordpress at least still twice as fast as the best I've got from KWrite. The Microsoft Store opens within a second, within 5 seconds everything is loaded (compare that to Yast). With everything I meant at least 10 sections filled with relevant apps, some of which are still loading in the background as you scroll down, but it doesn't take long. Chrome also loads faster than it does on Linux, much definitely. I haven't experienced a responsiveness in software like this for a long time, maybe it was as long ago as the era of MS-DOS when applications were last this snappy to me. Everything is just instant or with a very fast animation. What can I say. Windows Media player also loads within about 2 seconds. When it's in disk cache; slightly longer than a second. I could time the startup of Netbeans after fresh boot, as it is the same program on both platforms, for comparison. And it takes slightly long; about 23 seconds here. The Photo app loads within a second complete with thumbnails and the picture overview. The Mail app displays its window instantly but takes about 2-3 seconds to load the mail display with everything in sight. Microsoft designed around fast response and lazy loading. There is nothing that takes time to respond. Nothing at all. Mind you, this is not a fast laptop and its harddisk is reported to be rather slow.
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