• Zangoose@lemmy.world
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    which I regarded for how light and well optimized Windows 8.1 was

    I don’t think I’m alone in saying “light” and “well-optimized” are not words that fit the Windows 8.1 experience.

    Mediocre in almost all aspects is the best descriptor for 8.1 and honestly that’s pretty generous given how bad 8.0 was

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      It was basically a faster 7 (also less hungry). Universally hated Metro stuff can be get rid of easily. Plus it had better forward compatibility - I could run some apps that said to require windows 10 which I knew didn’t work on 7.