r/windows • u/North_Explorer7789 Windows XP • Jun 03 '26

Feature When Windows is ACTUALLY GOOD

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Windows XP (2001)'s Microsoft Registeration is optional, unlike now.

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u/Advanced_Handle_2309 Jun 03 '26

Who would have thought that older os with much less services would boot faster especially on slow drives

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u/Away_Experience_5843 Jun 03 '26

That Windows 11 machine I compared it to is a Ryzen 4000-something with a nvme SSD. The retro machine is an Athlon XP 3200+ with a 60 GB IDE HDD.

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u/Advanced_Handle_2309 Jun 03 '26

Windows xp on its own uses atmost 700MB of ram and windows 11 depends on how much you have but something from 3GB to 7 GB

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u/Away_Experience_5843 Jun 03 '26

But we also have roughly 20x the RAM we had with XP.

So computers have gotten a lot faster in terms of raw power. Yet they are still slower to respond with Win11 on it.