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Any Linux distro, I can run in a VM fairly smoothly on this old laptop without it breaking a sweat. Windows? Pffft! Just trying to get it updated and the fan is blazing away with the CPU at 84C. >_<

 

And another thing; Windows is STILL updating!!! Why does it take so bloody long for a fresh install of Windows to update? I can install and have any Linux distro fully updated and ready to use in a VM in about 20 mins or so. Windows has been updating for the last 2 hours... It did have to update from 1803 to 1903, I give them that, it is a big update. BUT, to upgrade a major Linux distro like Ubuntu or Mint from one major version to the next in anywhere from 20-40mins. It should not take hourS!

 

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  1. MEC-777

    MEC-777

    And it's not just downloading the updates that is slow, installing them is just as agonizing. Been sitting around 20-25% fr the last half hour installing... And as I was typing this, it locked up my system. Never had a VM do that before. Slow lap, Windows.

  2. n4vn33t

    n4vn33t

    Yeah! Windows Update is very slow and very time-consuming. I have to update PC's(Clients) on regular basis and it is a shit show.

    I prefer and *nix OS Update over Windows Update.

  3. MEC-777

    MEC-777

    Wooooow, the Windows VM basically tried to nuke itself. Trying to recover it now.

  4. imreloadin

    imreloadin

    It couldn't take it anymore and considered ceremonial suicide the preferred alternative...

  5. lewdicrous

    lewdicrous

    The worst part about updating windows after a fresh install is that it doesn't update to the latest version; when I installed windows on my laptop, it had to go from 1803 to 1903, then from 1903 to 1909.. takes too damn long..

  6. MEC-777

    MEC-777

    So it actually didn't destroy itself. lol. It reverted to the previous state before the last update, so had to re-download and reinstall the 1903 update. >_<

     

    It would save time to download the latest update version of Windows before installing, but still, it should take this long to update. I could install Mint 19 AND update it to the latest 19.2 in less time than it took just to install Windows to a point where it's usable.

  7. n4vn33t

    n4vn33t

    TBH You could update two machines together and it will be faster than Windows Update hah!

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