One of the main reasons some people tend to avoid updating their PCs is that “it makes it slower”. Especially with Windows 10’s Soft

State of the Windows, part 2: Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update?

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One of the main reasons some people tend to avoid updating their PCs is that “it makes it slower”. Especially with Windows 10’s Software as a Service approach, where it gets the so-called “feature updates” twice a year. But is it actually true?

Today we’re gonna find out how much Windows 10’s performance has changed over time, by benchmarking 10 elements of the OS experience:

But first, a little disclaimer: although I tried the best I could to compare the performance metrics as objectively as possible, there might have been some slip-ups in the measurements. For the purposes of this experiment I used Hyper-V as the hypervisor of choice, with 4GB of RAM, 4 cores and a 32GB fixed disk for each build.

The setup process is the end user’s first incursion into the OS experience. Over the last Windows versions (specifically Vista and later), Microsoft has made major strides in ensuring that the Windows installation is as smooth and efficient as possible. But how fast is it?

For each build, I made sure that I used an installation image that uses the .WIM format, for consistent and accurate results. Also, for objectively comparing speeds and reducing the human error to as little as possible, an unattended file was utilized.

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