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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
You assume wrongly that lack of SSE2 means a big performance hit. You also assume that all gimmicks need to be enabled to function. You can sometimes speed your system up by disabling features you never use. Want to see how fast Windows can be? Load Windows 3.1 into a ramdisk. You could have done that about 20 years ago. And maybe, just maybe, you should believe those that say how much faster Linux runs on the same machine that previously ran WinXP.
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My Surface Pro 2 has a 512GB SSD and it runs quite well. I cannot see Linux running any better. Also, I cannot see Linux running all the software I'm running.
But, one way to get ANY OS to run faster is to take a system that can run 64GB DDR4. Dedicate all but 20GB for a cache and away you go.
But to get back on topic (sort of), if Gregg does get a new system, he can have Windows 8.1 and Lunix dual-booting and then he can see which he prefers once he has a faster/better system and then he can compare a faster Windows to Linux and then decide which to run or keep both dual-booting.