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Microsoft’s sketchy Win 10 vs Win 11 performance claims pit a 9-year-old PC against a modern machine to claim 2.3X gain (www.tomshardware.com)
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Ever since Microsoft announced that it would end support for Windows 10 in October, the company has been trying hard to convince users to make the switch to Windows 11. First, it warned that unsupported Windows 10 PCs will no longer receive security updates, making them easy targets for hackers. Later, it advised users to trade in their old computers and buy a new one that comes preloaded with all the Windows 11 goodies.

Now, once again, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, Yusuf Mehdi, has published a fresh blog highlighting all the benefits and advantages of Windows 11, including a statement claiming that Windows 11 PCs are up to 2.3 times faster than Windows 10 PCs. However, what they failed to make clear is that this claim is entirely based on a comparison of new versus old hardware, rather than the software itself.

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[–] techt@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I think I see your point, you're saying what I'm calling "bloat" isn't necessarily useless, right? Sure, but that still kind of supports my point -- they include software/features by default that aren't necessary and should be opt-in instead of opt-out regardless of how easy it is to set up. That's the dictionary definition of bloatware, and they have a lot of it. I'm not trying to say it's a terrible OS, but it is definitely bloated.