Quote History Originally Posted By Colt653:
I've been playing with MINT again, it really makes windows seem so fucking BLOATED
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My work laptops are i5/i7 class machines w/ 16GB RAM and SSDs. Some are a bit faster than others depending on vintage (one's a 12-year-old HP 8560p that's perfectly serviceable for daily work duties with an OEM version of Linux installed).
The others... later model hardware; 1ea OEM Linux and Windows 11 Enterprise. Except when the AV suite scans the disk, the Windows system runs noticeably faster than my wife's Dell 5520 w/ 32GB RAM and Windows 11 Pro. And the Linux system is downright snappy.
FWIW, her work laptop is a carbon copy of her personal system but with Windows 11 Enterprise and employer restrictions via GPO. It can be a little sluggish.
I tried bare-metal installs of Windows 10 Pro on my personal systems, eliminated as much bloat as I could and the platforms were still hobbled on occasion. Put Mint 19.3 on one in dual-boot mode and never looked back. Any Windows installations now live as VMs. The hosts are more than capable of supporting them.
Sorry for the thread hijack. The tablet I mentioned earlier has Win10 Pro installed and it's a choice of trying to un-fuck it or swap the SSDs, install Mint and go from there. Given the fact I got the keyboard dock with it, the setup is ideal for POTA digital operation.