Why would anyone want or need an operating system that requires 16GB (!) of RAM to run decently? Most of the trash running is probably profiling or spying on you.
At one point the OS that's now a complete car was just a wheel which didn't do anything but roll.
My only Windows machine has a Core Ultra 7 in it, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. It should be powerful enough to render a menu instantly, I thought.
Or better yet, who at Microsoft decided this performance was adequate? Does nobody care anymore? Or just not the right people?
With Windows' socket-hogging, its a miracle they can be this invasive and only use that much RAM.
While WinMe was 98 successor and meant for home use, Win2k was business oriented.
Win2k could only display 16-color icons in its systray
From the generation that gave us XML, SOAP and Trump.
If you cannot contribute except to complain about the kids log off.
Been hearing effectively the same whiny shit since I was a kid in the 1980s when your now long dead elders called your generation "gold star for nothings" and lamented humanity needed another Vietnam to thin you all out.