alt Hacker NewsI use a 27 year old Pentium 2 laptop with Windows 98 for a hobby project. And I keep asking myself: why does this thing feel so fast? And it could be even faster if I replaced the HDD with a CF card.
I use a 27 year old Pentium 2 laptop with Windows 98 for a hobby project. And I keep asking myself: why does this thing feel so fast? And it could be even faster if I replaced the HDD with a CF card.
I believe Win9x (and the rest of the DOS-based Windows) has lower input latency than the NT-based ones, largely due to a simpler architecture with shorter codepaths.
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