I think Windows' bad PR comes from the fact, that its users are less experienced with computers than Linux's, so they can't actually set up Windows the proper way and be productive on this OS.
...except, these problems have always shown up not only on my system (and I fix Windows), but on those of other ITs and computer technicians I've known over the years.
I won't speak to how an NVME SSD factors into it, as I've never used that specifically, but 6-8 months of basic, regular use, with or without the recommended maintenance, results in marked drops in performance. Again, I've observed this across all Windows systems, with no exceptions for hardware, expertise of user, or use case of the machine. Home Edition deteriorates more quickly than the higher-tiered versions, but they all do it.
it's because of how it manages the disk space on a low level - if you're interested, let me know, I can tell you more
Like I said, I've been fixing computers for over a decade (actually, 15 years). I know exactly what you're talking about. And that doesn't explain many of the systems I've seen, where more than half, even more than three-quarters, of the disk were untouched.
When it comes to the malware risk, during the past few years, I have had a malware issue only once, after downloading many not-exactly-legal things from torrents, so I was kind of asking for problems myself.
Drive-by malware, email malware, and spoofed websites are three more common payload delivery vectors. It's extremely easy to get infected.
I think it’s fairly easy to get infected for the casual user. And remember, the more popular Linux becomes the more exploits will target it. It is by no means infallible.
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I have reinstalled Windows on my computer only once during two years of ownership and it was not because of any performance drop, but I wanted to have Linux alongside Windows and... let's just say they didn't want to work together, so I had to wipe the disk.
The performance actually goes up with time. I remember some time ago my computer booted ~15s and now it's ~14s.
It doesn't matter if even more than 3/4 of disk is untouched. This is exactly how Windows saves files on disk: sequentially, not giving a file space to grow. That's why it needs defragmentation on HDDs, but on SSDs it doesn't have impact, because there's no head (I think it's called head) nor platters that have to move and spin.
People experienced with computers can spot malicious emails and spoofed websites can break also Linux. I was actually quite surprised my neighbour has managed to infect his Ubuntu in such a way that there were p0rn ads all over the desktop.
I have reinstalled Windows on my computer only once during two years of ownership.
So it's perfectly possible that you reinstalled at the right interval to coincidentally miss the worst of the performance drops. There are indeed techniques you can use to delay that performance issue, but it is inevitable you'll need to refresh at some point to actually avoid it.
So, I'll be interested to see how your performance is on that SSD after 2 solid years without a "Windows 10 Refresh" or reinstall.
It doesn't matter if even more than 3/4 of disk is untouched. This is exactly how Windows saves files on disk: sequentially, not giving a file space to grow.
Mm hmm. Like I said, I know that.
People experienced with computers can spot malicious emails...
Usually. Spoofing is getting harder to detect. Also, this doesn't account for drive-by viruses delivered via the web.
...spoofed websites can break also Linux.
Occasionally, although it actually takes a good bit of naïvety to get infected this way. I always train my clients on safety regarding installation sources, scripts, and when to not enter your password.
Or, as I explain it, "It's entirely possible to get malware on Linux, but you really have to work at it." (And then I explain what not to do.)
Like I said, I've been doing this for over a decade.
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...except, these problems have always shown up not only on my system (and I fix Windows), but on those of other ITs and computer technicians I've known over the years.
I won't speak to how an NVME SSD factors into it, as I've never used that specifically, but 6-8 months of basic, regular use, with or without the recommended maintenance, results in marked drops in performance. Again, I've observed this across all Windows systems, with no exceptions for hardware, expertise of user, or use case of the machine. Home Edition deteriorates more quickly than the higher-tiered versions, but they all do it.
Like I said, I've been fixing computers for over a decade (actually, 15 years). I know exactly what you're talking about. And that doesn't explain many of the systems I've seen, where more than half, even more than three-quarters, of the disk were untouched.
Drive-by malware, email malware, and spoofed websites are three more common payload delivery vectors. It's extremely easy to get infected.
I think it’s fairly easy to get infected for the casual user. And remember, the more popular Linux becomes the more exploits will target it. It is by no means infallible.
Certainly not, although the architecture of Linux does make "drive-by" infection far more difficult.
I have reinstalled Windows on my computer only once during two years of ownership and it was not because of any performance drop, but I wanted to have Linux alongside Windows and... let's just say they didn't want to work together, so I had to wipe the disk.
The performance actually goes up with time. I remember some time ago my computer booted ~15s and now it's ~14s.
It doesn't matter if even more than 3/4 of disk is untouched. This is exactly how Windows saves files on disk: sequentially, not giving a file space to grow. That's why it needs defragmentation on HDDs, but on SSDs it doesn't have impact, because there's no head (I think it's called head) nor platters that have to move and spin.
People experienced with computers can spot malicious emails and spoofed websites can break also Linux. I was actually quite surprised my neighbour has managed to infect his Ubuntu in such a way that there were p0rn ads all over the desktop.
So it's perfectly possible that you reinstalled at the right interval to coincidentally miss the worst of the performance drops. There are indeed techniques you can use to delay that performance issue, but it is inevitable you'll need to refresh at some point to actually avoid it.
So, I'll be interested to see how your performance is on that SSD after 2 solid years without a "Windows 10 Refresh" or reinstall.
Mm hmm. Like I said, I know that.
Usually. Spoofing is getting harder to detect. Also, this doesn't account for drive-by viruses delivered via the web.
Occasionally, although it actually takes a good bit of naïvety to get infected this way. I always train my clients on safety regarding installation sources, scripts, and when to not enter your password.
Or, as I explain it, "It's entirely possible to get malware on Linux, but you really have to work at it." (And then I explain what not to do.)
Like I said, I've been doing this for over a decade.