• aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I think a large part of it is how most of the machines that could run 7 can run everything after 7 (maybe just need more RAM), but many many MANY machines running XP couldn’t move forward because the CPU or the integrated graphics just couldn’t take it.

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      1 month ago

      My hard drive couldn’t take all the background shit in 10, it would literally stutter scanning my files. When I tried to disable the anti-virus and it told me “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that”

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        1 month ago

        I’m not trying to judge, but you installed and ran a modern operating system on a spinning platter drive?

        I had to switch to SSDs in 2016 because macOS was dragging hard on a Pro notebook.

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          My old laptop doesn’t have an M.2 slot

          It ran fast enough in windows 8 and linux. It only became unbearable on windows 10