Ask HN: Is it me or windows 10 slow as sh**?

#1

Post by kindly_fo » Sun, Jul 05, 2020, 11:20 AM UTC

First of all i must say that i don't like apple stuff, and not kind of android person.

But my old windows 10 desktop is slow and box is hot when just started, plus it eats much energy even for basic stuff.

I'm curious is it just me or desktop pc are so not efficient and hot?

Re: Ask HN: Is it me or windows 10 slow as sh**?

#2

Post by cell9840179419 » Sun, Jul 05, 2020, 12:32 PM UTC

Lol. I use both mac and PC. I have a theory. The more you curse at them the slower it gets. I think their voice asst captures the curses and slurs and assigns a cursometer rating. It determines how fast my windows works.

Since then I boot my pc and I say, I love my country, my God and microsoft (the other two are necessary to sound sincere). Since then things have felt better. It atleast stops the Belichek type of urges.

Seriously though, if your file explorer does not start, it helps to start the task manager and open a task in file menu, named explorer.exe.

I have such tips for mundane things like outlook or Chrome.

I have started believing that microsoft does not love me.

Re: Ask HN: Is it me or windows 10 slow as sh**?

#3

Post by cell9840179419 » Sun, Jul 05, 2020, 12:38 PM UTC

cell9840179419 wrote: post #2

Lol. I use both mac and PC. I have a theory. The more you curse at them the slower it gets. I think their voice asst captures the curses and slurs and assigns a cursometer rating. It determines how fast my windows works. Since then I boot my pc and I say, I love my country, my God and microsoft (the other two are necessary to sound sincere). Since then things have felt better. It atleast stops the Belichek type of ur…

One more thing, while hung, it occassionally throws up an ancient styled msg box that says "RPC failed". I have a suspension they are returning the slurs by citing my intellect and body parts.

Re: Ask HN: Is it me or windows 10 slow as sh**?

#4

Post by rydre » Sun, Jul 05, 2020, 1:30 PM UTC

Pay for a windows PC like you would pay for a Mac. Get Razor (expensive but also good looking and high performance), or Lenovo Thinkpad/Ideapad (best price to performance, don't buy any other). Buy at-least 16gigs of ram, min i7 or i9 processor and a good nvidia gpu (1050 or 1060 min). You'll be set for at-least the next five years unless Moore's law on singled threaded performance starts to get on track.

Any processor prior to 2014 is old. And any processor after 2018 that isn't a quad core is also old in my opinion.

My Windows PC is fast and its a breeze to work on. Just don't cheap out on a good device. They're worth it.

Re: Ask HN: Is it me or windows 10 slow as sh**?

#5

Post by kindly_fo » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 11:14 AM UTC

Thx dudes. Seems i need new pc.