[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Why is desktop computing still so slow?
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       Ask HN: Why is desktop computing still so slow?
        
       I don't understand why using a desktop is still so painfully slow.
       On moderate to better hardware 10 years ago it took ~5-10 seconds
       for me to open photoshop... today it's still the same. Windows took
       10-30 seconds to load then and it's about the same now (to go from
       power button to actually in Windows with the desktop loaded). With
       the hardware being multiple times faster, why doesn't software
       follow suit? If you asked me 10 years ago, I would have been most
       looking forward to things loading in an instant, but we appear to
       be no better today.
        
       Author : Justin_K
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2021-01-22 22:23 UTC (38 minutes ago)
        
       | uberman wrote:
       | I have to wonder, how long would it take for your desktop of
       | today to open photoshop from 10 years ago?
       | 
       | Perhaps software bloat happens in pace with hardware
       | capabilities.
        
       | trinovantes wrote:
       | Upgrading to NVMe drive was probably the best purchase I've made
       | last year
       | 
       | Sadly even with an NVMe boot drive and it still takes me 11s to
       | boot Windows because I got multiple Electron apps: Spotify,
       | Docker Desktop, and Slack
        
       | ohiovr wrote:
       | Linux has preload which makes applications launch faster the
       | second time they are run. My system runs on a thumb drive and it
       | takes 11 seconds to launch krita. The second time takes 3
       | seconds.
        
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