Your opinion on the "Windows rot"

ponder said:
Slowing down still happens in Win7 as far as I'm concerned. After initial installation with all apps etc it's snot fast but after time it becomes slower just like XP.

Maybe it's time MS scraps it current code base and start with something fresh from the ground up. Legacy apps can then be run via a emulation layer similar to what apple did with Rosetta.
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It happens with all software, not just Windows.

The more software apps you install, the more custom fonts, etc gets installed - your pc will eventually become a bit slower. Same for Mac & Linux. Same for your iPhone, same for your Android phone....you get the picture.
 
Keep in mind however that there are alot of factors that could contribute to performance degradation apart from registry clutter such as disk fragmentation and memory TSRs installed over time.
 
unskinnybob said:
Keep in mind however that there are alot of factors that could contribute to performance degradation apart from registry clutter such as disk fragmentation and memory TSRs installed over time.
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And the biggest culprit - poorly written apps.
 
Windows doesn't slow down over time. I can't, unless it dynamically rewrites its own code.
But indiscriminately installing lots of apps and add-ins and funny drivers and spotty apps and utils and converters and codecs 'n stuff will add more and more load and loops and leaks, and so the user experience can decay. It happens to anything, even Linux, MacOS, MVS, Unix. Because about 90% of all apps are written for Windows it means the sheer volume of bloatware and crapware is monumental. Just because the internet has a lot of nonsense and filth doesnt mean the internet is nonsense and filth. Mutatis mutandis Windows.

Food analogy: Windows has a much greater variety of food, and hence also lots more junk food. You gotta watch what you feed your PC. There's plenty of good stuff. And lots 'n lots of dicey stuff.
 
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Arthur said:
Windows doesn't slow down over time. I can't, unless it dynamically rewrites its own code.
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Yes and no. Just keeping your OS up to date with patches causes a ripple effect that does ultimately lead to decreasing performance.

Simple example: Patching /Installing software causes Windows 7 to store versions of DLLs in the Winsxs and Manifest cache folder. These folder continually increase in size - to my knowledge NOTHING ever removes unused versions of DLL. The more capacity of disk used, the lower it's performance.
 
kingrob said:
And the biggest culprit - poorly written apps.
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I guess it's just more difficult to get bad apps for OSX cause there ain't that many.
I've always said, and i'll say it again, more apps means more crap. Just look at the iPhone.
 
macboer said:
I guess it's just more difficult to get bad apps for OSX cause there ain't that many.
I've always said, and i'll say it again, more apps means more crap. Just look at the iPhone.
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:mad: you can never have too many fart or flashlight apps!!! :D
 
You will find that the majority of current viruses are written for XP, which must be good news for MS.
XP is now like 98 became when you dare not even be connected to the internet without at least a firewall enabled and the protection of a basic anti virus program where just being connected to the internet without even doing anything could compromise your operating system.

Win win for software Companies, lose lose for us.
Begs the question not trying to sound alarmist or be a conspiracy theorist, but how many worms, viruses and the like were actually created by people possibly employed to do just that.
 
Rot in Win 7, not really. The terrible side-by-side BS eating up space with a poorly formulated hard-links system, yes.
 
Thanks for allowing me to visit the Windows side of the forum.

au revoir
 
Any IT support dude worth their salt who supports more than 200 XP PC's by himself will know a thing or two about Windows rot and will hate it profusely with justification enough to place a nuke under Mr Gates' chair.
 
The reason why no one bothers writing viruses for Mac or Linux is in honesty they both represent minute portions of the desktop environment.

As the OP, yes, after you've installed a multitude a badly written freeware apps and purchased bloatware the system will most likely slow down. Saying that though, I've thrown a lot at Windows 7 and it's only hiccup has been power failures.
 
Jonny Two Shoes said:
Any IT support dude worth their salt who supports more than 200 XP PC's by himself will know a thing or two about Windows rot and will hate it profusely with justification enough to place a nuke under Mr Gates' chair.
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Any IT support dude worth his salt will make sure there'll be no unnecessary apps installed by the problems located between the pcs and the chairs of the corporate world.

Office, acrobat reader, a proper browser, updated patches for all. Feckall else unless the pc user's livelihood depended on it.
 
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