We uncovered a major Windows 11 performance upgrade Microsoft is testing

(windowscentral.com)

4 points | by tosh 7 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • vintagedave 6 hours ago ago

    > a new feature that will boost CPU frequency in bursts when initiating high-priority tasks to speed up app launches and system responsiveness

    Great, but what about optimization?

    When I click the Start button, the Start menu takes visible time to show and render. I don't think that's a CPU problem. I think that's an implementation problem. There was a perfectly performant Start menu even through Windows 7; what have they done to the taskbar and start menu that makes it so poor now?

    • vrighter 3 hours ago ago

      and then you click the text box to search (because it doesn't always get focus) and the start menu needs to load another webpage. Sometimes that fails, and the start menu becomes unusable for searching for applications. How the hell does it sometimes take a full minute to open the start menu, type something and press enter, while hoping that the first result you get is the same first result you got when you typed the exact same thing yesterday?

    • d3Xt3r 5 hours ago ago

      They rewrote it using a mix of Javascript (React Native), C# and WinUI 3, which is why it's dogshit.